No.8 manual dated July 26,1951

[Edward Horton]

Question, being an American and not fully understanding the nomenclature of British and Commonwealth manuals, what would this mini-manual actually be called. And what is the A.P.1641P designation, would this be a Pam meaning Pamphlet? (A.P. = Air Force Pamphlet??)

[Peter Laidler]

The AP dsignation is Air Publications and this is the Royal Air Force, very simplified version of the Army EMER's. The reason why the RAF and the Navy (they had booklets numbered in the BR series) had their own information sheets is because the Air Force, Navy and the Army were all completely seperate entities. Now, where we share equipment, we have a single set of instructions.

So, for example, the L1A1 SLR, we'd all share the Army EMER. Now, the EMER's have been replaced with AESP's and these are generic, throughout the three services.

Next question.....................

[Mk VII]

Others in a wartime list included I compiled :

AP1641 a/c machine guns
AP1641A Vickers .303 a/c Mk. 1, 2 & 5 guns
AP1641B Vickers .303 G.O. guns
AP1641C Browning .303" a/c gun
AP1641D Lewis .303 guns
AP1641E a/c machine gun firing control mechanisms
AP1641F Hispano 20mm Mk.1 and 2 guns
AP1641G belt & magazine loading machines
AP1641H signal dischargers & signal pistols
AP1641L American machine guns
AP1641M American belt & magazine loading machines
AP1641N American a/c machine gun firing control mechanisms
AP1641P unconfirmed, probably ground defence smallarms

ch.5, which I have a poor quality photstat of, is for the S&W .38/200 revolvers

[Edward Horton]

Others in a wartime list included I compiled :

AP1641 a/c machine guns
AP1641A Vickers .303 a/c Mk. 1, 2 & 5 guns
AP1641B Vickers .303 G.O. guns
AP1641C Browning .303" a/c gun
AP1641D Lewis .303 guns
AP1641E a/c machine gun firing control mechanisms
AP1641F Hispano 20mm Mk.1 and 2 guns
AP1641G belt & magazine loading machines
AP1641H signal dischargers & signal pistols
AP1641L American machine guns
AP1641M American belt & magazine loading machines
AP1641N American a/c machine gun firing control mechanisms
AP1641P unconfirmed, probably ground defence smallarms

ch.5, which I have a poor quality photstat of, is for the S&W .38/200 revolvers

I have all of AP1641P and this is where Badger got the "1952 Instructional Pamphlet for No.4 Mk1(T) sniper rifle" Which came from my manual sticky at Gunboards.
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