John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 81

• March 27, 2017 16:05:12 Cheryl Ellsworth

  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

• March 27, 2017 16:04:45 Cheryl Ellsworth

  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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• February 25, 2017 20:53:10 Erin Gordon

  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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• February 25, 2017 20:42:14 Erin Gordon

  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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