TM 9-226 Browning Machine Gun Caliber .50, M2, Water Cooled And Mounts, 1940-12-10 Prepared under direction of the Chief of Ordnance TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I. General. Paragraph Purpose 1 Scope 2 References 3 Data 4 Description of machine gun 5 Operation of machine gun 6 Description of antiaircraft machine-gun mount, caliber .50, M2 7 Description of antiaircraft machine-gun tripod mount. M1 8 II. Disassembly, assembly, and head space. General 9 Removal of groups from gun 10 Replacing groups in gun 11 Head space 12 Disassembling 13 Assembling 14 Packing barrel 15 Changing barrels 16 III. Dismounting and mounting. Dismounting antiaircraft machine-gun mount, caliber .50, M2 17 Mounting antiaircraft machine-gun mount, caliber .50, M2 18 Dismounting antiaircraft machine-gun tripod mount. M1 19 Mounting antiaircraft machine-gun tripod mount. M1 20 IV. Stoppages and immediate action. Stoppages 21 Immediate action 22 Section V. Care and preservation. General 23 Points to be observed before, during, and after firing 24 Care and cleaning of gun 26 Method of filling oil buffer 26 Precautions to be observed during cold weather 27 Precautions to be observed during gas attack 28 VI. Sighting and fire control equipment. Control equipment set, automatic gun, antiaircraft, M1 29 Finder, range, 1-meter base, M1916 30 VII. Ammunition. General 31 Nomenclature 32 Classification 33 Identification 34 Model 35 Ammunition lot number 36 Identification card 37 Grade 38 Marking 39 Care, preservation, and. handling 40 Storage 41 Authorized rounds 42 Data 43 Precautions in firing blank ammunition 44 Defects found after firing 45 Field reports of accidents 46 VIII. Spare parts and accessories. Spare parts 47 Accessories 48 Page Appendix. List of references 87

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