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FM
23-5
WAR
DEPARTMENT
BASIC
FIELD
MANUAL
U.
S.
RIFLE,
CALIBER
.30,
M1
U.S
ARMY
MILITARY
HISTORY
ilNTIUT
CARLISLEBARRACKS,
PA
17013-W00O
 
FM
23-5
*C
1
BASIC
FIELD
MANUAL
U.
S.
RIFLE,
CALIBER
.30,
M1
CHANGES
i
WAR
DEPARTMENT,
No.
1
J
WASHINGTON,
November
15,
1941.
FM
23-5,
July
20,
1940,
is
changed
as
follows:
U
34.
IMMEDIATEACTION.
b.
Procedure.--(1)
Rifle
fails
to
fire.-With
the
palm
up
and
usingthe
little
finger,
pull
operating
rod
to
the
rear.
Release
operatingrod,
and
if
operatinghandle
goes
fully
home,
aim
and
fire.
To
avoid
injury
in
case
ofa
hangfire,
thehand
is
so
held
that
no
portion
of
the
palm
or
wrist
can
be
struck
bythe
operating
rod
in
its
rapid
rearward
movement.
(2)
Bolt
cannot
be
locked.-If
after
following
the
procedure
prescribed
in
(1)
above,
the
boltcannot
go
completely
for-
wardand
lock,
again
pull
operatinghandle
to
the rear.
Check
for
a
battered
round,
dirt,
or
obstruction
on
the
face
of
the
bolt,
in
the
chamber,
or
in
the
locking
lug
recess.
Discard
thebattered
round;
remove
the
obstruction.
Reload,aim,
and
fire.
(3)
Bolt
locks
butrifle
again,
ails
to
fire.-If
after
procedureprescribed
in
(1)
above
the
rifle
continues
to
fail
to
fire,
again
pull
operating
handle
to
the
rear.
If
no
cartridge
is
ejected,
reduce
obstruction
in
clip
bypressing
and
rotating
the
upper
cartridges.
Reload,
aim,and
fire.
(4)
Rifle
fails
to
feed.-Keep
rifle
in
action
by
manuallyworking
operating
handle.
A
detailed
examinationfor
the
malfunction
may
be
made
later
when
timepermits.
c.
The
above
procedure
of
immediate
actionwill
almost
in-
variably
keep
the
rifle
in action.
In
case
this
immediateaction
is
not
successful,
a
more
detailed
examination
for the
possible
malfunctions
listed
in
paragraph
35e
may
be
made
as
circumstancespermit.
[A.
G.
062.11
(10-10-40).]
(C
1,
Nov.
15,
1941.)
*These
changessupersedesection
II,
Training
Circular
No.
5,
section
1,
paragraph
1,
and
so
much
of
paragraph
2
as
pertains
to
FM
23-5,
section
11,
Training
Circular
No.
8,
War
Department,
1940;
and
paragraph
1,
section
II,
Training
Circular
No.
60,
War
Department,
1941.
429057°-41
 
BASICFIELD
MANUAL
*
64.
COURSE
A.-a.
Instruction
practice.-Tables
I
and
II
are
rescindedand
table
IV
and
parts
of
tableVII
will
be
fired
twice.
b.
Record
practice.
TABLE
IX.-Rapid
fire
RangeTime
yangrd
Time
Shots
Target
Position
Sling
(yards) (seconds)
200
60
-
16
D-
..
_
Sitting
from
standing
--
Loop
or
hasty.
**
*
**
[A.
G.
062.11
(9-28-40)(8-13-41).]
(C
1,
Nov.
15,
1941.)
*
65.
COURSE
B.-a.
Instruction
practice.-Tables
I and
II
are
rescinded
and
table
IV
and
parts
of
table
V
will
be
fired
twice.
*****
b.
Record
practice.
TABLE
VIII.-Rapid
fire
Range
Time
yards) (seconds)
Shots
TargetPosition
Sling
200
60
.------
16
D-.. ....
itting
from
standing
...-...
.
Loop
or
hasty.
200
60
.-..
16
D-...... neeling
from
standing
-----
Do.
[A.
G.
062.11
(9-28-40)
(8-13-41).]
(C
1,
Nov.
15,
1941.)
*
66.
COURSE
C.-a.
Instruction
practice.-Tables
I and
II
are
rescinded
and
table
III
and
parts
of
table
IV
will
be fired
twice.
[A.
G.
062.11
(8-13-41).]
(C
1,
Nov.
15,
1941.)
*
141.
ASSAULT
FIBE.-Assault
fire
is
that
fire
delivered
by
a
unit
during
its
assault
on
a
hostile position.
Riflemen
withbayonets
fixed
and
taking
full
advantage
of
existing
cover,
such
as
tanks,
boulders,
trees,
walls,
and
mounds,advance
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