MOUNTING FOR 65-MILLIMETRE NAVAL GUN.
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A circular shield protects the gunners and the mounting
against grape shot ; it is fixed to the transom frame by
means of two stays and braces. To work the gun, the
following personnel is required : One pointer who lires the
gun, one gunner at the breech, and one to keep the gun
supplied with ammunition.
In order to give a complété idea of the importance and
number of tests of all kinds that were made during several
by the French Admiralty and by foreign Governments ;
and they résultée! in important Orders being given for
Schneider-Canet quick-firing guns.
SCHNEIDER-CANET QUICK-FIRING NAVAL
GU NS, 1888 PATTERN.
Following these experiments, two types of mountings
were decided on for the 1888 ordnance. First, that with
Mounting for 65-Millimetre Quick-Finng Naval Gun.
yeai’S in the Creusot and Havi’e Works and Proving
Grounds, with a view to establish the bases for the con-
struction of new quick-firing guns, it would be necessary
to speak further and in detail of a numerous series of
accessory gear relating to the varions parts of the material,
and which were manufacturée! and tried at the same time
as the mountings, the principal types of which we have
just described. Such a description would, however, carry
us too far. These varions experiments were witnessed at
the time with great attention by commissions appointée!
oscillating slides was chosen ; this was fitted to a travers-
ing platform made to slide on balls or rollers, or turning on
a standard and pivot. These types were further improved
upon, as experience was gained in practice, and the general
arrangements, especially the elevating mechanism, were
made more simple. The system which embodied a brake
separate from the recuperator, and fitted to a frame pro-
vided with a guiding transom, was also maintained.
The Schneider-Canet system of gun mounting of 1888
may be taken as the basis of their most advanced practice ;