Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Disappearing Carriages L. F., Models of 1907 and 1907 MI for 14-Inch Guns Models of 1907 and 1907 MI and Model of 1910 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

United States Army

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265568498 ISBN 13: 9780265568491

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Instructions for Mounting, Using and Caring for Disappearing Carriages L. F., Models of 1907 and 1907 MI for 14-Inch Guns Models of 1907 and 1907 MI and Model of 1910<br/><br/>The model of 1910 guns are mounted in model of 1907 MI carriages. Stops can be arranged to limit traversing to either or 110° on either side of the front of the battery, and the piece can be elevated from 5° depression to 15° elevation, stops being arranged to limit the depression to either horizontal, 2° 30' and 5° when the height of the parapet requires it. The elevating system is so constructed that the gun is loaded in the depressed position, this depression being 1° for normal retraction. The principal differences between the model of 1907 and 1907 M1 carriages are those due to the use of a longer and heavier model of 1910 gun on the model of 1907 MI carriages. Action OF carriage — Upon firing the piece, the gun levers are rotated and moved to the rear by the recoiling energy of the gun....

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265568498
• ISBN 13: 9780265568491
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 60