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| Keywords: 10-inch-D1896-cutaway.jpg This is cutaway drawing of a 10-inch Coast Artillery gun on an M1896 disappearing carriage The drawing is cluttered but one can make out the position of the gun when raised into firing position in battery vs when retracted behind the parapet and ready to be swabbed out and reloaded The curved line running between the muzzles in the two renderings of the gun in the two positions raised and depressed shows the path traveled by the tube during its firing cycle The drawing also shows the pit into which counterweight falls as the gun is brought up into firing position This counterweight was made up of a stack of lead plates which are also clearly visible here The number of plates varied depending on the type of gun and the projectile/powder loads in use On the loading platform at right is a three-wheeled shell cart one wheel in the rear When the breech of the gun is retracted into loading position this cart can be wheeled right up to the breech and the shell and powder load rammed into gun The powder generally traveled on the lower level of the shell cart This drawing was made by the U S Army Ordinance Dept likely at the end of the 19th Century The file is courtesy of the http //www CDSG org Coast Defense Study Group from its copies of public archives late 19th century U S Army Ordinance Dept PD-USGov Original upload log page en wikipedia 10-inch-D1896-cutaway jpg 2010-07-16 17 43 Pgrig 1200×761× 244762 bytes <nowiki>This is cutaway drawing of a 10-inch Coast Artillery gun on an M1896 disappearing carriage The drawing is cluttered but one can make out the position of the gun when raised into firing position in battery vs when retracted behind the parapet and ready to be swabbed out and reloaded The curved line running between the two images of the gun in the two positions shows the path traveled by the tube during its firing cycle The drawing also shows the pit into which counterweight falls as the gun is brought up into firing position This counterweight was made up of a stack of lead plates which are also clearly visible here On the gun platform at right is a three-wheeled shell cart one wheel in the rear When the breech of the gun is retracted into loading position this cart can be wheeled right up to the breech and the shell and powder load rammed into gun The powder generally traveled on the lower level of the shell cart </nowiki> Disappearing guns Files uploaded from Wiki-en by Darwinius | ||||
