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Expand 1 - Executive1 - Executive
Expand 2 - Administrative2 - Administrative
Expand 3 - Financial3 - Financial
Expand 4 - Operational: Shipbuilding4 - Operational: Shipbuilding
Expand 5 - Operational: Hydraulics and Engineering5 - Operational: Hydraulics and Engineering
Collapse 6 - Operational: Armaments6 - Operational: Armaments
Expand 1 - Armament Advisory Committee meetings 1 - Armament Advisory Committee meetings
Expand 2 - Armament Advisory Committee, Design Sub-Committee meetings2 - Armament Advisory Committee, Design Sub-Committee meetings
3 - Vickers-Armstrongs / Metropolitan-Vickers Joint Technical Committee papers
4 - Chieftain Main Production meetings / Abbot Production meetings
Expand 5 - Registers of enquiries5 - Registers of enquiries
6 - Gun mountings orders and enquiries
7 - Record of orders
Expand 8 - Drawing Office estimating and sketch books8 - Drawing Office estimating and sketch books
9 - Estimating Department record relating to tanks
Expand 10 - Indices to orders for Breech Mechanism Drawing Office10 - Indices to orders for Breech Mechanism Drawing Office
Expand 11 - Enquiry books relating to tanks11 - Enquiry books relating to tanks
12 - 'Particulars of Guns, Howitzers, and Mountings, Manufactured for the Ministry of Munitions by Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth & Co. Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne During the War 1914-1918'
Expand 13 - General particulars of guns13 - General particulars of guns
14 - Data relating to gun mountings
15 - Particulars of air bottles manufactured
Expand 16 - Armstrong Guns range tables and descriptions16 - Armstrong Guns range tables and descriptions
Expand 17 - Range tables for Vickers-Armstrongs guns17 - Range tables for Vickers-Armstrongs guns
Collapse 18 - Handbooks of guns, mountings and torpedoes18 - Handbooks of guns, mountings and torpedoes
1 - Instructions for 7 inch Rifled Breech Loading Armstrong Gun and Hydraulic Garrison Carriage and Platform
2 - 'Don Carlos I. Instructions for the use of the 15 cm, 12 cm, 47 mm and 37 mm QF Guns & Mountings, Ammunition Hoists & Torpedo Tubes'
3 - 'Elswick Submerged Torpedo Tubes. Description and Instruction'
4 - 'Elswick Submerged Torpedo Tubes. Description and Instruction'
5 - 'Elswick Above-Water Torpedo Tube. Description and Instruction'
6 - 'Elswick Submerged Torpedo Tube. Description and Instruction'
7 - 'Elswick Above-Water Torpedo Tube. Description and Instruction'
8 - 'The Armstrong System of Differential Recoil Mountain Artillery of 75 mm'
9 - 'Elswick 18 Inch Torpedo Tube. End Loading Submerged Type for Submarines. Description'
10 - 'Elswick Submereged Torpedo Tubes. 18 Inch Rear Loading. Description and Instruction'
11 - Handbook to Hydraulic Installation for a pair of 12 Inch 305 mm 45 calibre BL guns for HMS Agincourt
12 - 'Elswick End-Loading Torpedo Tubes for Submarines. Fitted with High Pressure Firing Gear. Description'
13 - 'Elswick 21 Inch Above-Water Torpedo Tube. Fitted for Cordite Impulse. Description and Illustrations'
14 - 'Addenda to Hydraulic Manual 14 inch Mountings Mark I'
15 - 'Addenda to Hydraulic Manual 15 inch Mountings Mark I'
16 - 'Elswick Bow Torpedo Tubes for Submarines. J & K Classes Fitted with High Pressure Firing Gear. Description and Illustrations'
17 - 'Description of Ordnance BL 9.2 inch Marks X, XIII & XIV on Marks III & IV Railway Mountings'
18 - Description of 12 inch BL Mark V Howitzer (EOC) on Mark III Railway Truck Mounting
19 - Handbook to Elswick 21 Inch Bow Torpedo Tubes for Submarines, with addenda
20 - Description of Ordnance BL 11 inch Trench Howitzer
21 - Handbook of the Ordnance BL 6 inch 48.9 Calibre Gun (Mark XVIII) in Turret Mounting Mark IV
22 - Handbook of the 14 inch (45 Cal) BL Gun Mark III on Railway Truck Mounting
23 - Description of B.C.D. Mounting (N)
24 - Handbook of 6 inch 152.4 mm 50 Calibre Mark TT Gun on Pedestal Mounting
25 - Handbook of Armament for the River Gunboat 'Ratanakosindr' for the Royal Siamese Government
26 - Vickers Berthier Machine Rifle Model 1928-1929
27 - Handbook of Armament for the River Gunboat 'Sukhodaya', Royal Siamese Government
28 - Handbook of the Vickers Machine Gun (Water Cooled) for Land service (Class "C" - Rifle Calibre)
29 - Handbook of the Vickers Machine Gun (Water Cooled) for Land service (Class "C" - Rifle Calibre)
30 - Handbook of the Vickers Air-Cooled Land Service Automatic Gun (Class "A" - Rifle Calibre)
31 - Handbook of Ordnance QFSA 76.2 mm (3 inch) on High Angle Mountings Marks "N" and "P" for the Portuguese Navy
32 - Handbook of Ordnance QFSA 120 mm (4.724 inch) on Naval Mountings Marks "N", "P" and "Q" for the Portuguese Navy
33 - Handbook of Ordnance QF 3 Pdr 47 mm Mark E on Duplex Mounting
34 - Handbook of Torpedo Equipment for Portuguese Destroyers
35 - Handbook of Ordnance QFSA 120 mm (4.724") on Naval Mounting for the 2nd Class Slopp 'Joao de Lisboa' for the Portuguese Navy
36 - Handbook for Ordnance QF 75 mm (2.953") Mark "MM" Field Equipment for Bolivia. Part I - Description and Data
37 - Handbook for Ordnance QF 75 mm (2.953") Mark "MM" Field Equipment for Bolivia. Part II Plates
38 - Handbook for Ordnance QF 75 mm (2.953") Mark "KK" Mountain Equipment for Bolivia. Part I - Description and Data
39 - Handbook for Ordnance QF 75 mm (2.953") Mark "KK" Mountain Equipment for Bolivia. Part II - Plates
40 - Handbook of 6 inch Triple Turrets for the Argentine Training Cruiser 'La Argentina'
41 - Handbook of 4 inch (50 Cal) AA Gun on HA Mounting for the Argentine Training Cruiser 'La Argentina'
42 - Handbook of Protector Paravanes for the Argentine Training Cruiser 'La Argentina'
43 - Annex to Handbook of 120 mm 50 Calibre gun for Portuguese Navy
44 - Handbook of modernisation to 21 Inch Quadruple Revolving Torpedo Tubes in Portuguese Destroyers
45 - Handbook of Ordnance QFSA 4.5 inch on Twin RP10 Mark 'A' Mounting for Venezuelan Destroyers
46 - Handbook of 21 inch (53.34 cm) Triple Revolving Torpedo Tubes with Powder & Air Impulse and Power & Hand Training for Venezuelan Destroyers
47 - Handbook for Whitehead Torpedo - 21 Inch for Venezuelan Destroyers
48 - Handbook for the 40 mm L/60 Bofors automatic gun (Water Cooled Type) on Twin Mounting Mark 5(H)
49 - Fire Control Handbook: Gunnery and Torpedo for the Venezuelan Navy
50 - Handbook of Anti-Submarine Control and ASDIC, Type 128 DV for the Venezuelan Navy
51 - Fire Control Handbook: Gunnery and Torpedo book of illustrations for the Venezuelan Navy
52 - 'Chilean Navy Destroyers Almirante Williams and Almirante Riveros: The Technical and Maintenance Handbook of the Main Gun Armament and Torpedo Control Equipment'
53 - Chilean Destroyers Almirante Williams and Almirante Riveros: Main Handbook 4 Inch N (R) Single Mountings
54 - Destroyer 'Almirante Williams' or 'Almirante Riveros': Main Handbook of the 21 Inch Quintuple Torpedo Mounting
55 - Destroyer 'Almirante Williams' or 'Almirante Riveros': Handbook for the Squid
56 - Handbook of Hand Operated Endless Chain Hoists for 4 inch Ammunition
57 - Handbook of Electrically Operated Endless Chain Hoists for 4 inch Ammunition
58 - Handbook of the Weapon Control System for the Frigate NNS Republic for the Nigerian Navy
59 - '1943 Light Fleet Carriers. Handbook Plates'
60 - Handbooks for 120 mm and 76 mm guns for Mendoza-class destroyers
61 - Annex to the handbook of fire control for Destroyers, Portuguese Navy
62 - Handbook of the Armstrong Whitworth-Colt Automatic Machine Gun (Browning Patent) Rifle Calibre
Expand 19 - Handbooks for Vickers Guns19 - Handbooks for Vickers Guns
Expand 20 - British Government handbooks20 - British Government handbooks
Expand 21 - Handbooks and manuals for tanks and landing craft21 - Handbooks and manuals for tanks and landing craft
Expand 22 - Lists of parts for Tanks22 - Lists of parts for Tanks
Expand 23 - Handbooks and manuals for tractors23 - Handbooks and manuals for tractors
Expand 24 - Descriptions and specifications of ordnance24 - Descriptions and specifications of ordnance
Expand 25 - Design sketches and descriptions for guns, mountings and related equipment25 - Design sketches and descriptions for guns, mountings and related equipment
Expand 26 - Various design sketches26 - Various design sketches
Expand 27 - Drawings and specifications of fuzes27 - Drawings and specifications of fuzes
Expand 28 - Ordnance record books28 - Ordnance record books
Expand 29 - Specifications29 - Specifications
Expand 30 - Descriptions of aircraft bombs30 - Descriptions of aircraft bombs
Expand 31 - Design proposals31 - Design proposals
32 - Reports of gun carriages
Expand 33 - Range reports33 - Range reports
Expand 34 - Various papers relating to trials34 - Various papers relating to trials
Expand 35 - Records of ballistics35 - Records of ballistics
Expand 36 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to guns and gun mountings36 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to guns and gun mountings
Expand 37 - Correspondence and papers relating to torpedo tubes37 - Correspondence and papers relating to torpedo tubes
Expand 38 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to armaments for foreign vessels38 - Correspondence and memoranda relating to armaments for foreign vessels
Expand 39 - Tank files39 - Tank files
Expand 40 - Design histories40 - Design histories
Expand 41 - Drawing Office manuals41 - Drawing Office manuals
Expand 42 - Records of standard working and section numbers42 - Records of standard working and section numbers
Expand 43 - Miscellaneous papers relating to guns and mountings43 - Miscellaneous papers relating to guns and mountings
44 - Notebooks of W.E. Brooks
Expand 45 - Registers of plans45 - Registers of plans
Expand 46 - Armaments plan books46 - Armaments plan books
Expand PL - Operations: Armaments and Vehicles: PlansPL - Operations: Armaments and Vehicles: Plans
Expand 7 - Variable Speed Gear Department7 - Variable Speed Gear Department
Expand 8 - Research and Development8 - Research and Development
Expand 9 - Public Relations and Marketing9 - Public Relations and Marketing
Expand 10 - Trade Unions10 - Trade Unions
Expand 11 - Various societies and organisations11 - Various societies and organisations

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