1943 Press Photo Lt. JD May instructs Ralph Berg on an M-9 training gun, Chicago

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1943 Press Photo Lt. JD May instructs Ralph Berg on an M-9 training gun, Chicago
This is an original press photo. Chicago -- Aircraft machine gun cartridges cost about 5 cents each, and a gun on the practice range could fire 50,000 or ,500 worth a day, so the Army is now training gunners with "M-9" guns, which handle like a real gun and simulate all its vibrations and action but which fire white plastic pellets. A real gun fires 600 rounds a minute, and every fifth bullet is a "tracer"; the M-9 fires white pellets only, 120 a minute, in a visible stream that guides the gunner the same as tracers would. Photo shows Lt. J.D. May (left) and Army Air Cadet Ralph Berg demonstrating the gun, which is manufactured by the Hotpoint Company, Chicago.Photo measures 8 x 6inches. Photo is dated 07-04-1943.
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