PrefaceContentsIllustrationsPart 1 Forerunners of the Machine GunCh1 Weapon History Prior to GunpowderCh2 Firearm Development to Percussion IgnitionCh3 Background of Machine Gun DevelopmentPart 2 Manually Operated Machine GunsCh1 Billinghurst Requa BatteryCh2 Ager "Coffee Mill" GunCh3 Claxton Firing MechanismCh4 Machine Guns Used By The ConfederacyCh5 Gatling Machine GunsCh6 Mitrailleuse Type WeaponCh7 Farwell Machine GunCh8 Hotchkiss Machine GunCh9 Gardner Machine GunCh10 Lowell Machine GunCh11 Wilder Machine GunCh12 J. H. Mcleans PeacemakersCh13 Bailey Machine GunCh14 Nordenfelt Machine GunCh15 Taylor Machine GunCh16 End of Manually Operated Machine GunPart 3 Full Automatic Machine Gun DevelopmentCh1 Maxim Machine GunsCh2 Skoda Machine GunCh3 Browning Automatic Machine GunsCh4 Hotchkiss Automatic Machine GunsCh5 Nordenfelt Automatic Machine GunCh6 De Knight Water-Cooled Machine GunCh7 Madsen Automatic Machine GunCh8 Bergmann & Dreyse Machine GunsCh9 Perino Machine GunCh10 Carr Machine GunCh11 Schwarzlose Machine GunCh12 Mclean Machine GunCh13 Chauchat Machine GunCh14 Berthier Machine GunCh15 Kellman Machine GunCh16 Revelli Machine GunCh17 Laird-Menteyne Machine GunPart 4 Aircraft & Airborne WeaponsCh1 Early Aircraft DevelopmentsCh2 Lewis Aircraft Machine GunCh3 Vickers Aircraft Machine GunCh4 German Maxim Type Aircraft WeaponsCh5 Marlin Aircraft Machine GunsCh6 Browning Aircraft Machine GunsCh7 Hotchkiss Aircraft Machine GunCh8 Nambu Automatic WeaponsCh9 Revelli Aircraft Machine GunCh10 Bergmann, Dreyse & MG-13 Machine GunsCh11 Villar-Perosa Aircraft Machine GunCh12 S.I.A. Machine GunCh13 Gast Aircraft Machine GunCh14 Darne Aircraft Machine GunCh15 Beardmore-Farquhar Aircraft Machine GunCh16 Brixia Machine GunCh17 Mendoza Light Machine GunCh18 Chatellerault Machine GunCh19 Madsen Aircraft Machine GunCh20 B.S.A. Aircraft Machine GunCh21 Breda Machine GunsCh22 Furrer Machine GunCh23 ZB Machine GunsCh24 Vickers-Berthier Machine GunCh25 Lahti (Suomi) (L/S) Machine GunCh26 Rheinmetall-Borsig Machine GunsCh27 Scotti Machine GunsCh28 Bang Aircraft Machine GunCh29 Sistar Machine GunCh30 Knorr-Bremse Machine GunCh31 Mauser Machine GunsCh32 Johnson Light Machine GunCh33 MG-42 Machine GunCh34 FG-42 Machine GunPart 5 Automatic Aircraft CannonCh1 Davis Non-Recoiling GunCh2 Vickers Aircraft Cannon (COW)Ch3 Revelli Aircraft CannonCh4 Puteaux 37-MM Aircraft CannonCh5 Becker-Semag-Oerlikon Automatic Aircraft CannonsCh6 Szakats 20-MM Aircraft CannonCh7 Baldwin Aircraft CannonCh8 Browning Aircraft CannonCh9 Madsen Aircraft CannonCh10 Hotchkiss 25-MM Aircraft CannonCh11 Scotti Aircraft 20-MM CannonCh12 Lubbe 20-MM Aircraft CannonCh13 Rheinmetall-Borsig Automatic Aircraft CannonCh14 Birkigt Type 404 20-MM (Hispano-Suiza) CannonCh15 Furrer Automatic Aircraft CannonCh16 American Armament Automatic Aircraft CannonCh17 Lahti Aircraft CannonCh18 Breda 20-MM Automatic CannonCh19 Mauser Automatic CannonCh20 Automatic Aircraft Cannon Caliber .90 SeriesCh21 Bofors Automatic Aircraft CannonCh22 Japanese Automatic Aircraft CannonConclusionAppendix A PatentsAppendix B Tabulated Characteristics of Machine GunsBibliographyIndexPrefaceContentsIllustrationsPart 1 Forerunners of the Machine GunCh1 Weapon History Prior to GunpowderCh2 Firearm Development to Percussion IgnitionCh3 Background of Machine Gun DevelopmentPart 2 Manually Operated Machine GunsCh1 Billinghurst Requa BatteryCh2 Ager "Coffee Mill" GunCh3 Claxton Firing MechanismCh4 Machine Guns Used By The ConfederacyCh5 Gatling Machine GunsCh6 Mitrailleuse Type WeaponCh7 Farwell Machine GunCh8 Hotchkiss Machine GunCh9 Gardner Machine GunCh10 Lowell Machine GunCh11 Wilder Machine GunCh12 J. H. Mcleans PeacemakersCh13 Bailey Machine GunCh14 Nordenfelt Machine GunCh15 Taylor Machine GunCh16 End of Manually Operated Machine GunPart 3 Full Automatic Machine Gun DevelopmentCh1 Maxim Machine GunsCh2 Skoda Machine GunCh3 Browning Automatic Machine GunsCh4 Hotchkiss Automatic Machine GunsCh5 Nordenfelt Automatic Machine GunCh6 De Knight Water-Cooled Machine GunCh7 Madsen Automatic Machine GunCh8 Bergmann & Dreyse Machine GunsCh9 Perino Machine GunCh10 Carr Machine GunCh11 Schwarzlose Machine GunCh12 Mclean Machine GunCh13 Chauchat Machine GunCh14 Berthier Machine GunCh15 Kellman Machine GunCh16 Revelli Machine GunCh17 Laird-Menteyne Machine GunPart 4 Aircraft & Airborne WeaponsCh1 Early Aircraft DevelopmentsCh2 Lewis Aircraft Machine GunCh3 Vickers Aircraft Machine GunCh4 German Maxim Type Aircraft WeaponsCh5 Marlin Aircraft Machine GunsCh6 Browning Aircraft Machine GunsCh7 Hotchkiss Aircraft Machine GunCh8 Nambu Automatic WeaponsCh9 Revelli Aircraft Machine GunCh10 Bergmann, Dreyse & MG-13 Machine GunsCh11 Villar-Perosa Aircraft Machine GunCh12 S.I.A. Machine GunCh13 Gast Aircraft Machine GunCh14 Darne Aircraft Machine GunCh15 Beardmore-Farquhar Aircraft Machine GunCh16 Brixia Machine GunCh17 Mendoza Light Machine GunCh18 Chatellerault Machine GunCh19 Madsen Aircraft Machine GunCh20 B.S.A. Aircraft Machine GunCh21 Breda Machine GunsCh22 Furrer Machine GunCh23 ZB Machine GunsCh24 Vickers-Berthier Machine GunCh25 Lahti (Suomi) (L/S) Machine GunCh26 Rheinmetall-Borsig Machine GunsCh27 Scotti Machine GunsCh28 Bang Aircraft Machine GunCh29 Sistar Machine GunCh30 Knorr-Bremse Machine GunCh31 Mauser Machine GunsCh32 Johnson Light Machine GunCh33 MG-42 Machine GunCh34 FG-42 Machine GunPart 5 Automatic Aircraft CannonCh1 Davis Non-Recoiling GunCh2 Vickers Aircraft Cannon (COW)Ch3 Revelli Aircraft CannonCh4 Puteaux 37-MM Aircraft CannonCh5 Becker-Semag-Oerlikon Automatic Aircraft CannonsCh6 Szakats 20-MM Aircraft CannonCh7 Baldwin Aircraft CannonCh8 Browning Aircraft CannonCh9 Madsen Aircraft CannonCh10 Hotchkiss 25-MM Aircraft CannonCh11 Scotti Aircraft 20-MM CannonCh12 Lubbe 20-MM Aircraft CannonCh13 Rheinmetall-Borsig Automatic Aircraft CannonCh14 Birkigt Type 404 20-MM (Hispano-Suiza) CannonCh15 Furrer Automatic Aircraft CannonCh16 American Armament Automatic Aircraft CannonCh17 Lahti Aircraft CannonCh18 Breda 20-MM Automatic CannonCh19 Mauser Automatic CannonCh20 Automatic Aircraft Cannon Caliber .90 SeriesCh21 Bofors Automatic Aircraft CannonCh22 Japanese Automatic Aircraft CannonConclusionAppendix A PatentsAppendix B Tabulated Characteristics of Machine GunsBibliographyIndex