The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
THIS DEVICE SHOWS WHETHER AMMUNITION MAY BE SAFELY USED, BY TESTING IT IN A MACHINE GUN SYNCHRONISED WITH AN AIRSCREW BEFORE EACH NEW BATCH OF .303 AMMUNITION IS SENT FROM THE FACTORY.
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
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
RIFLE FIRE ALONG THIS METAL TUBE TESTS VELOCITY BEFORE EACH NEW BATCH OF .303 AMMUNITION IS SENT FROM THE AMMUNITION FACTORY. THE TUBE IS 180 FEET LONG, ELECTRICAL CONTACTS AT RIFLE AND STOP BUTT CONN
Munitions employees at the Small Arms Factory testing machine guns on a range attached to the factory. As the gun is fired through the window a careful record of its performance is made. Should the we
HOW A GIRL MUNITIONEER LIVES. MISS BERTHA SPICER GAVE UP A LIFE OF LEISURE TO WORK IN A MELBOURNE MUNITION FACTORY. HER JOB IS INSPECTING ROUNDS OF .303 AMMUNITION. ON AN EARLY SHIFT, BERTHA GETS HER
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.
