Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines
Post WWII Commercially Manufactured M1 Carbines | ||
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| ERMA-Werke | .22 long rifle |
| Directory of Pages (with links) | ||
| History, Importers, Markings | Function Animations | Cleaning & Disassembly |
| Part I: 1945-1990 | ||
| Part II: 1990-2000+ | Parts & Diagrams | Reassembly |
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Function & Animations |
The Erma Werke EM1 may look like an M1 Carbine but the internal parts are not the same. Knowledge of how the parts interact is helpful for knowing the rifle but also helps envision how the parts interact with one another, along with parts placement for disassembly and reassembly.
Semi-automatic rifles in .22 long rifle caliber are popular in the United Kingdom as they are everywhere else. One of the British EM1 owners happens to be well versed with authoring 3D graphics and animations. Many thanks to Bryan Cox of Bristol, UK, for sharing his work with EM1 owners on this website. And many thanks to his wife Liz for sharing Bryan with us for the hundreds of hours it took to author the Erma Werke EM1 3D graphics and animations you see on this website.
Due to the number of web browsers available and this website's inability to control all of them in all of their variations, no one video format will work for everyone. The browsers that are known to work with each movie are indicated below each movie.
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The animations were originally constructed as Quicktime movies as it is the only player that allows the animations to be played, paused, or viewed frame by frame in forward or reverse. It is recommended you first try the options
available on this page as they both use the Quicktime player.
If you don't already have it, the Quicktime player is free and available HERE or HERE. |
There is a third option provided as a backup in case the options on this page won't work with your browser. The animations are offered in a Microsoft compatible format that is more reliable but does not allow viewing the animation frame by frame. You will find these animations by clicking HERE.
My apologies for the tap dance. Microsoft's failure to cooperate with Apple and Quicktime, amongst others, makes this necessary. Whichever option you use, the animations will play in slow motion so you can view the interaction of the parts. If one option doesn't work, don't waste too much time trying to make it work. Move on to the next option.
To play the animation click on the play button and the movie should start almost immediately. If you pause it, you can proceed frame by frame in forward or reverse by clicking on the timeline bar.
This animation works best with Internet Explorer's 32 bit version (XP, 2000, Vista, Windows 7 in 32 bit) and Safari. It "should" work with Firefox's 32 bit version, but it may not. If the animations fails to play when you click on it, go to the paragraph after this movie. This animation will not work with Internet Explorer's 64 bit version (Windows 7 64 bit) or Firefox's 64 bit version. Skip to the next option for those two browsers.
To play the animation click on the small Erma EM1 image below and be patient. This will open the Quicktime movie in the Quicktime player with better controls for frame by frame viewing. You can move the player so it is side by side with the image that identifies each of the internal parts. The average time for the player to open is 20-30 seconds, slower if the internet is operating slower. Personally I prefer this method as it offers the most flexibility in exchange for a little patience.
This animation "should" work with every available browser. This animation "should" work with Internet Explorer's 64 bit browser and the Firefox 64 bit browser.
If the animations on this page do not work, go HERE for the version that uses the Windows Movie Player.
To play the animation click on the play button and the movie should start almost immediately. If you pause it, you can proceed frame by frame in forward or reverse by clicking on the timeline bar.
This animation works best with Internet Explorer's 32 bit version (XP, 2000, Vista, Windows 7 in 32 bit) and Safari. It "should" work with Firefox's 32 bit version, but it may not. If the animations fails to play when you click on it, go to the paragraph after this movie. This animation will not work with Internet Explorer's 64 bit version (Windows 7 64 bit) or Firefox's 64 bit version. Skip to the next option for those two browsers.
To play the animation click on the small Erma EM1 image below and be patient. This will open the Quicktime movie in the Quicktime player with better controls for frame by frame viewing. You can move the player so it is side by side with the image that identifies each of the internal parts. The average time for the player to open is 20-30 seconds, slower if the internet is operating slower. Personally I prefer this method as it offers the most flexibility in exchange for a little patience.
This animation "should" work with every available browser. This animation "should" work with Internet Explorer's 64 bit browser and the Firefox 64 bit browser.
If the animations on this page do not work, go HERE for the version that uses the Windows Movie Player.
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| Directory of Pages (with links) | | ||
| History, Importers, Markings | Function Animations | Cleaning & Disassembly | ||
| Part I: 1945-1990 | ||||
| Part II: 1990-2000+ | Parts & Diagrams | Reassembly | ||
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