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FM 23-10
W:R DEPARTMENT
BAQIC FIELD MAUAL
U. S. RI CALIBER .30, M1903
30 S tember 1943
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FM 23-10
BASIC FIELD MANUAL
U. S. RIFLE, CALIBER .30, M1903
Dissemination of restricted matter.-The information contained in restrieted documents and the essential characteristics of restricted material may be given to any person known to be in the service of the United States and to persons of undoubted loyalty and discretion who are cooperating in Government work, but will not be communicated to the public or to the press except by authorized military public relations agencies. (See also par. 18b, AR 380-5, 28 Sep 1942.)
UJNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1943
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON 25, D. C., 30 September 1943. FM 23-10, Basic Field Manual, U. S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. [A. G. 300.7 (8 Aug 43).] BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR:
G. C. MARSHAJL,. Chief of Stanf.
OFFICIAL: J. A. ULIO, Major General, The Adjutant General.
DISTRIBUTION: Bn and H 2-7, 9, 10, 17-19, 44(5); C 2, 4, 5, 7(20), 3(10),
9, 10, 17-19, 44(5). (For explanation of symbols see FM 21-6.)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CAPT 1. Mechanical training:
Paragraphs
S~noN I. General-_____________________
1
II. Disassembly and assembly--___
4-6
III. Care and cleaning_____________ 7-16
IV. Functioning -------__ _________
17
V. Spare parts, appendages, and
aeccessories --_______________ 18-20
VI. Instruments ---- _____________
21
VII. Ammunition__--______________ 22-28
CHPnER 2. Marksmanship: known-distance tar-
gets and transition firing.
BEci=oN I. General________________________ 29-37
II. Preparatory marksmanship train-
ing ________---_____________ 38-45
III. Qualification courses-__________ 46-50
IV. Range practice_-______________ 51-54
V. Equipment, targets, and range
precautions__-______________ 55-57
VI. Small-bore practice____________ 58-61
CH}APTE 3. Marksmanship, moving ground tar-
gets:
SEcroN I. General____-- _____________--__ 62-63
UI. Moving vehicles__-_______ ____ 64-66
III. Moving personnel______________ 67-68
IV. Moving-target ranges__________
69
CHAER 4. Marksmanship: aerial targets:
SEC=ON I. Nature of aerial targets for rifle_ 70-71
II. Technique of fire______________ 72-76
III. Marksmanship training_____-__ 77-81
IV. Miniature range practice_______ 82-84
V. Towed-target and radio-con-
trolled airplane-target firing_ 85-88
VI. Ranges, targets, and equipment_ 89-94
CzaPrma 5. Technique of fire of rifle squad:
SmrCoN I. General -
.---_----_---------- 95-97
II. Range estimation__----____--
__ 98-102
III. Target designation_____________ 103-106
IV. Rifle fire and its effect_________ 107-113
V. Application of fire____________ 114-121
VI. Landscape-target firing________ 122-129
VII. Field-target firing-____________ 130-133
VIII. Destruction of ordnance ma-
t?rlel ___---- _--------------
134
CHnAna 6. Advice to instructors:
SECzON I. General__------- ______________
135
II. Mechanical training___________
136
III. Marksmanship: known-distance
targets --------_________--__ 137-153
IV. Marksmanship: aerial targets___ 154-158
V. Technique of fire________-_____ 159-166
VI. Safety precautions_________-___ 167-168
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BASIC FIELD MANUAL
U. S. RIFLES, CALIBER .30, 1M1903 (This manual supersedes FM 23-10, January 2, 1940 including C 1, September 10, 1940; C 2, November 15, 1941; C 3, August 4, 1942; C 4, November 6, 1942; and C 5, December 17, 1942.) Attention is directed to FM 21-7, for detalls as to how appropriate training films and film strips are intended to be used and how they are made available for use during training with the U. S. rifles, caliber .30, M1903.
CHAPTER 1
MECHANICAL TRAINING
SECTION 1. General
Paragraphs --------_-_-----_-_ _____________ 1-3
II. Disassembly and assembly_____________-_ 4-6
m. Care and cleaning_____________----_-----
7-16
IV. Functioning ----.....---------------
17
V. Spare parts, appendages, and accessories__ 18-20
VI. Instruments --------. ___--------_-----_
21
VII. Ammunition____________-------------- --
22-28
SECTION I
GENERAL
* 1. OBJECT.-This chapter is designed to give the soldier training that will insure his ability to take care of the rifle and keep it in operation.
* 2. DESCRIPTION OF RIFLES.-a. The U. S. rifles, caliber .30, M1903, M1903A1, M1903A3, and M1903A4 are breech-loading magazine rifles of the bolt type. They are popularly referred to as Springfield rifles (figs. 1, 3, and 4). The M1903, M1903A1, and M1903A3 weigh approximately 8.69 pounds each. The M1903A4 weighs approximately 9.69 pounds. The bayonet weighs an additional pound. The ammunition is loaded in clips of five rounds. Ammunition bandoleers for these rifles have six pockets with a total capacity bf 60 rounds.
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