John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 81
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General Description of a Q.F. Gun;
A Q.F. or
quick firing gun is one of which the carriage does
not recoil on firing. This not only saves the time of
labour required to run the carriage up after each round
but it enables the gunners to keep under cover of the
gun shield whilst the gun is firing. This results is
obtained by the rise of the "gun recoil carriage" The
gun itself is allowed to recoil on guides while the
carrage is held fast by a spade on the end of the
trail, which digs into the ground "Angle of trail spade
buried 14° 18". The recoil of the gun is checked by a
hydraulic buffer, consisting of a piston working in a
cylinder nearly filled with liquid, and the gun is
returned to the firing position by springs or compressed
air The gun is supported and guided in its recoil
by the cradle, which in foreign equipment is a steel
trough under the gun containing the recoil gear, in our
18 Pounders we use a ring cradle surrounding the gun
with the recoil gear in a separate cylinder on top
The cradle with the gun, is elevated and depressed
about its horizontal trunnions by the elevating screw
The general horizontal direction is given to the gun
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General Description of a Q.F. Gun;
A Q.F. or
quick firing gun is one of which the carriage does
not recoil on firing. This not only saves the time of
labour required to run the carriage up after each round
but it enables the gunners to keep under cover of the
gun shield whilst the gun is firing. This results is
obtained by the rise of the "gun recoil carriage" The
gun itself is allowed to recoil on guides while the
carrage is held fast by a spade on the end of the
trail, which digs into the ground "Angle of trail spade
buried 14 18". The recoil of the gun is checked by a
hydraulic buffer, consisting of a piston working in a
cylinder nearly filled with liquid, and the gun is
returned to the firing position by springs or compressed
air The gun is supported and guided in its recoil
by the cradle, which in foreign equipment is a steel
trough under the gun containing the recoil gear, in our
18 Pounders we use a ring cradle surrounding the gun
with the recoil gear in a separate cylinder on top
The cradle with the gun, is elevated and depressed
about its horizontal trunnions by the elevating screw
The general horizontal direction is given to the gun
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General Description of a 6 ft. Gun;
quick firing gun is one of which the carriage does
not recoil on firing. This not only saves the time of
labour required to run the carrage rep after each round
but it enables the gunners to keep under cover of the
gun shield whilst the gun is firing. This results is
obtained by the rise of the "gun recoil carrage" The
gun itself is allowed to recoil on guides while the
carrage is held fast by a spade on the end of the
trail, which digs into the ground "Angle of trail spade
buried 14* 18". The recoil of the gun is checked by a
hydraulic buffer, consisting of a piston working in a
cylinder nearly filled with liquid, and the gun is
returned to the firing position by springs or compressed
air The gun is supported and guided in its recoil
by the cradle, which in foreign equipment is a steel
trough under the gun containing the recoil gear, in our
18 ...we rise a ring cradle surrounding the gun
with the recoil gear in a separate cylinder on top
The cradle with the gun, is elevated and depressed
about its horizontal trunnions by the elevating screw
The general horizontal direction is given to the gun
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General Description of a 6 ft. Gun;
quick firing gun is one of which the carriage does
not recoil on firing. This not only saves the time of
labour required to run the carrage rep after each round
but it enables the gunners to keep under cover of the
gun shield whilst the gun is firing. This results is
obtained by the rise of the "gun recoil carrage" The
gun itself is allowed to recoil on guides while the
carrage is held fast by a spade on the end of the
trail, which digs into the ground "Angle of trail spade
buried 14* 18". The recoil of the gun is checked by a
hydraulic
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- ID
- 17035 / 198320
- Contributor
- Mrs Jean Hanby
- Western Front
- Artillery
- Trench Life
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