Accession Number:

AD0375192

Title:

LIMITED SERVICE TEST OF SMALL ARMS WEAPONS SYSTEMS (SAWS) FOR USE AS INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS BY ARMY AIRCRAFT CREW MEMBERS

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY AVIATION BOARD FORT RUCKER AL

Personal Author(s):

• Holloway, Ralph L.

Report Date:

1965-12-29

Pagination or Media Count:

61.0

Abstract:

The weapons were tested in ten types of aircraft to determine their suitability for use by aircraft crew members as individual weapons.

Descriptors:

• *MACHINE GUNS
• *SMALL ARMS
• *RIFLES
• *SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS
• FLIGHT CREWS
• RELEASE MECHANISMS
• STORAGE
• AVIATION SAFETY
• UTILITY AIRCRAFT
• SHORT TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT
• OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT
• AMMUNITION FEED MECHANISMS
• PARACHUTE JUMPING
• ACCEPTABILITY
• AIR TRANSPORTATION
• HANDLING
• EJECTION SEATS
• HELICOPTERS
• WEIGHT

Subject Categories:

• Guns

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE