COYOTE М02

MACHINE GUN
 1) MACHINE GUN M87
The complete set of machine gun M87 consists of the following items:
DESCRIPTION OF MACHINE GUN М02 - machine gun M87 (fig.2),
- accessories (fig.3),
Chosen version of infantry machine gun consists of five structural parts: - spare parts (fig.4),
- three ammunition boxes,
- 36 belts for 12.7 mm or .50 Browning cartridge

Fig 1- Machine gun - М02, infantry:

1 – machine gun M87, 2 – Mount - assembly, 3 – Cradle - assembly, 4 –stock with trigger mechanism,
5 - optical sight, on customer’s request

Fig 2 - Machine gun - M87:

1 - barrel, 2 - receiver, 3- gas cylinder, 4- bolt carrier with bolt, 5 - recoil mechanism, 6 - feed block,
7- receiver cover, 8- trigger mechanism, 9- cocking lever, 10 - trigger mechanism lock, 11 - cover shaft and
12 -cover spring.

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 Accessories of machine gun M87
Fig 3 -Accessories of machine gun - M87:
1 - oil brush, 2 - cleaner, 3 - auxiliary tool for spring assembly, 4 - auxiliary shaft for the
assembly of feeding pawls, 5 - drift, small, 6 - regulator cleaner, 7 -oil can, 8- wrench,
9 - drift, 10 - drift, big, 11 - three-piece rod, 12 - hammer, 13 -belt filling device, 14 -
bag for accessories, 15 -belt for 12,7 mm or .50 Browning cartridge
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Spare parts set
Fig 4 - Spare parts of machine gun - M87:
1 - barrel, 2 - recoil spring, 3 – ejector spring, 4 – cartridge case extractor, upper, 5 –
cartridge case extractor, lower, 6 – extractor spring, 7 –firing pin, 8 –cartridge case
retainer, 9 – cartridge case retainer spring, 10 – buffer spring, 11 – feeding pawls
spring, 12 -spare parts pocket.
Stripping of machine gun M87 Sequence of stripping of machine gun

Striping of machin gun M02 Coyote to its structural assemblies Open the feed block cover - Push the cover catch upward, open
is described in user manual and from that resaon in this book is the cover, and raise it all the way up (Fig. 5).
described stripping of machine gun M87 only.

Machine gun M87 shall be stripped for cleaning, lubrication,

inspection, replacement and repair of parts and mechanisms.
Frequent unnecessary stripping of the machine gun accelerates
wear of the parts and mechanisms thereof.
Prior to stripping it is necessary to set a safety of machine gun
to safe position and make sure that there is no round in the feed
block slot or cartridge chamber,
During stripping and assembling of the machine gun, obey the
Fig. 5 Fig. 6
following rules:
- strip and assemble the machine gun on a table (or a clean rug), Raise the feed block fully (Fig. 6).
not applying force, To remove the trigger mechanism: Press the trigger mechanism
- use only correct accessories belonging to the machine gun set, wing and bring it into position “safe”, lift the wing up, take the
- lay aside the parts and mechanisms by the sequence of lock out (Fig. 7 and Fig. 8) and separate the trigger mechanism
stripping, taxing care not to strike against one another - in from the receiver (Fig. 9) by pulling backward.
assembling compare the part numbers which must correspond
to the number provided on the trigger mechanism body.

Fig. 7 Fig. 8

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 Fig. 9
Fig. 11
Raise the ejector body together with ejector (Fig. 10) into
vertical position. To remove the bolt carrier with bolt: By means of the cocking
handle pull the bolt carrier into rear position and separate it
from the receiver by lifting up (Fig. 12).

Fig. 10
To remove the recoil mechanism with buffer: lift the buffer
body behind the lug on the receiver, and separate the recoil
mechanism from the receiver (Fig. 11)
Fig. 12
Separate the cocking handle by pulling into rear position and
removing to the right (Fig. 13).

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 To remove the barrel from receiver: Pull the securing key handle
(Fig.14) to the right and bring the carrying handle into carrying
position. To achieve this it is necessary to press the button (Fig.
15) and pull the handle half-way down, then raise it, release
backward and block the handle lock; finally pull the handle
forward and separate the barrel from receiver (Fig.16).

Fig. 13

Fig. 16

Fig. 14

Fig. 15

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 Replacement of the parts (included in spare parts set)

Before stripping of the machine gun to replace parts, it is

needed to check if the machine gun is unloaded.

Spare barrel

The barrel is not allowd to be replaced if a round is in chamber

and if movable parts do not reach foremost position. In order
to keep hands from burning, use the carrying handle during re-
placement of overheated barrel.
To remove the barrel from receiver: Pull the securing key handle
to the right and bring the carrying handle into carrying position.
To achieve this it is necessary to press the button and pull the
handle half-way down, then raise it, release backward and block
the handle lock; finally pull the handle forward and separate the
barrel from receiver (Fig. 14 to Fig. 16)

Recoil spring and Buffer spring

Bring the cleaning rod with handle into vertical position and fit
the recoil mechanism onto it. Tighten the recoil spring from the
top and separate the securing ring from the front guide, sepa-
rate the recoil spring and front guide from the rear guide, and
finally separate the buffer spring.
Fig. 17
Ejector spring
Ejector serves to push the cartridge case along the bolt body
face surface after extraction from the cartridge chamber.
Ejector with its spring is fixed to the left-hand side of the receiver
by a pin. It has two spring-loaded arms: the front is used for car-
tridge case ejection and the rear one for engagement with the

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bolt carrier moving into rear position. To separet spring from
ejector press the spring using drift (Fig. 18)

Fig. 19 Fig. 20

Fig. 18
Fig. 21
Cartridge case extractor, upper and lower and extractor
spring

Push bolt lock pin fully and release the right coupling (Fig. 19),
turn the bolt on the other coupling to the left, by means of the
punch drive the extractor / firing pin securing pin out supporting
the bolt and extractors by the hand, and separate the extractors
with springs from the bolt. (Fig. 20 to Fig. 22). Using the punch
drive the firing pin out of the bolt (Fig. 23), drive the cartridge case
retainer pin out supporting the bolt and cartridge case retainers
by the hand and separate the cartridge case retainers with springs. Fig. 22 Fig. 23

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 Feeding pawls spring

Stripping of feed block cover: Using the punch drive the guard
shaft out of engagement with the eyelet and move it aside, and
then separate the guard (Fig.24). Remove the feed port cover
previously driving its axle out and separating the cover from
the feed block cover.

Fig. 25 Fig. 26

Fig. 24

To separate the feed arm and feed slide with feed pawls and
spring use the wrench to release the front end of the feed arm, Fig. 27
spring ; remove the feed arm spring and feed arm retaining
spring; by means of the punch drive the front link retainer pins
out and separate the retainer from the cover; separate the feed
arm with coupling and link retainer from the shaft ; separate
the feed slide with feed pawls and spring; drive the feed pawls
shaft out and separate the feed pawls from the feed slide.
Fig. 28

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Spare parts of Coyote mount Replacement of buffer spring and cocking rope

To replace the buffer spring it is necessary to remove stock by

unscrewing nut as shown at Fig. 30

Fig. 30

After that unscrew nuts to change buffer spring (Fig. 31 and Fig
32)

Fig. 29 Tools and accessories of mount set

1 - open ended wrench 24 x 27, 2 - open ended wrench 17 x 19, 3 - open ended wrench
13 x 22, 4 - Allen key 5, 5 - Allen key 6, 6 - female spanner 10, 7 - screwdriver, big, 8
- hammer, plastic, 9 - cocking rope, 10 - stock nut, 11 - buffer spring, 12 - accessories
bag. Fig. 31 Fig. 32

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 To replace cocking rope unscrew its fixing nut as shown on Fig.
33 and after that replace cocking rope (Fig. 34). Length of cock-
ing rope adjust in that manner to enable undisturbed move-
ment of support in front positon by its recoil spring (Fig.35).

Fig. 33 Fig. 34

Fig. 35

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STOPPAGES IN FIRING AND HOW TO ELIMINATE THEM

Stoppage Cause Remedy

Misfiring
Movable parts are in extreme forward
position, round blocked
Bolt carrier does not reach forward
position
Incorrect primer, broken firing pin,
compressed or broken recoil spring.
Dirty movable parts.
Dirty cartridge chamber, soot deposit
in piston recess. Damaged, rusty of
di¬rty round.
Take round out of the chamber and
inspect it. If there is no significant
impression on primer, wipe it and
lubricate movable parts, inspect firing
pin and recoil spring and repla¬ce
them if defective.
Pull bolt carrier back and proceed
with firing. If the stoppage recurs,
clean interior of piston and cartridge
chamber. Eliminate defective round.

Incomplete
return of movable parts backward
Incomplete movement of cartridge case Eject the cartridge case by repeated
within bolt grooves which may make loading. Set gas regulator to division
the case “fall” into barrel holder during “2”. In case of repeated stop- page,
bolt carrier travel into extreme front clean the paths and sliding surfaces.
position
Dirty machine gun, particularly gas
paths

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 Jamming of movable parts
Cartridge case is not ejected or gets
jammed in bolt grooves; movable parts
remain in intermediate position.
Cartridge case is not held by extractor Broken extractor lug or spring.
lug. Moving into front position
mova¬ble parts strike against cartridge
case.
Round being loaded into chamber gets
jammed between bolt and feed block
base
Misfeeding. The next round did not
reach feed port
Empty belt link gets under link stripper
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Foreign objects in machine gun or Remove foreign objects or broken
broken parts of machine gun parts. Inspect machine gun, replace
broken part by a spare one from
accessories. If such a part is not
contained in the accessories, send
machine gun to repair shop. Clean
damaged and kicked surfaces
Incorrect extractors or broken extractor Move cartridge case in bolt grooves
springs. fully to the right while retaining
movable parts, eject the case and
proceed with firing. If the stoppage
recurs replace extractors
Remove cartridge case and replace
broken spring. If one of the extractors is
broken, replace both extractors
Round incompletely spripped by belt Pull movable parts onto disconnector,
link stripper due to incom¬plete return raise cover, remove belt, take defective
of movable parts. round out, reload and proceed with
firing. If the stoppage recurs, set gas
regulator to division “2”.
Broken or weakened feed pawl springs Replace springs, remove defective belt
and fixing pawl springs. Defective links. links.
Cartridge belt is not properly loaded Bring movable parts onto disconnector.
and rounds fail out of it during firing Raise cover, remove belt from feed
block cover, reload machine gun and
proceed with firing.
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