The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MELBOURNE, VIC. A LEWIS MK 1 MACHINE GUN TEST-FIRING .303 AMMUNITION, PRIOR TO THE AMMUNITION BEING SENT TO THE FIGHTING FORCES. 500 IN EACH 200,000 ROUNDS ARE TEST-FIRED.
VARIOUS MACHINE GUNS TEST-FIRE 273 ROUNDS OUT OF 500 INTO THIS SANDFILLED, CONCRETE STOP BUTT BEFORE EACH NEW BATCH OF .303 AMMUNITION IS SENT FROM THE FACTORY. SAND DISLODGED DURING TESTS IS SHOVELLE
A VICKERS MACHINE GUN, MOUNTED ON A RIGID BLOCK, AND FIRED BY A BOWDEN CONTROL, IS USED IN THE DEVICE WHICH TESTS WHETHER THE AMMUNITION MAY BE SAFELY USED IN A MACHINE GUN SYNCHRONISED WITH AN AIRSCR
A HOTCHKISS MK 1 MACHINE GUN (LEFT) AND A BREN MK 1 LIGHT MACHINE GUN (RIGHT) TESTING .303 AMMUNITION FOR "CASUALTIES". (PHOTOGRAPHER: S HENTY).
A BELT OF .303 INCH MACHINE GUN ROUNDS BEING LOADED INTO AMMUNITION BOXES IN THE GUN BAY OF A FAIREY FULMAR FIGHTER OF THE BRITISH FLEET AIR ARM. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
A JAT LEWIS GUNNER FIRING AT AN ENEMY PLANE, WHILE THE OTHER SEPOYS RUSH TO FUNK PITS FOR SAFETY. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO MES726)[LEWIS MK 1 MACHINE GUN ON ANTI-AIRCRAFT MOUNT]
A NOVEL GUN MOUNTING DEVISED BY THE ARTIFICER OF AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN BATTERY. FOUR LEWIS MK 1 MACHINE GUNS ARE FIXED TO THE MOUNT AT AN ANGLE THAT WILL ESTABLISH A CONCENTRATION OF FIRE AT AN PREDETE
