WWII 1942 U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT MANUAL - ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE - PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS

This is a WWII War Department manual dated November 9th, 1942 and is titled “Ordnance Maintenance - Pistols and Revolvers”.

These were distributed to GI’s during World War II in order to effectively train American soldiers how to disassemble, reassemble, properly use, and clean their issued pistols for combat. These technical manuals are absolutely crucial in learning how to  properly  handle these weapons. They contain extremely detailed descriptions as well as blueprint type layouts, schematics, and drawings.

This technical manual showcases the general characteristics of the automatic pistol Cal. 45, M1911, and M1911A1.