Silbentrennung
Lock and loadTürkische aussprache
läk ınd lōdAussprache
/ˈläk ənd ˈlōd/ /ˈlɑːk ənd ˈloʊd/
Etymologie
() Comes from the M2 Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun, which started manufacture just prior to the end of WWI. The operating instructions for the M2 - now, as back then - were to lock the bolt latch release with the bolt latch release lock (located on the recoil buffer) before loading the gun by cycling the cocking handle. If you do not lock the bolt latch release before loading, the bolt is captured to the rear by the bolt latch, as for single shot operation, and does not actually load a round. While many people falsely attribute "lock and load" to the Garand, the M2 machine gun (and "lock and load") predates the Garand by over 20 years. conjectural etymologies