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The recoil system can either be integral with the barrel or the carriage. Some guns designed before recoil mechanisms became integrated on the gun carriage could be attached to an external shock absorber which was a spring/rubber tether that attached to an eyelet on the base of the gun carriage and was attached to a ground anchor at the other end.
The 3-inch ordnance rifle was mounted on the standard carriage for the 6-pounder field gun. Because its projectile was heavier than a 6-pound shot, the 3-inch rifle's greater recoil sometimes caused damage to the trail or the cheek pieces of the carriage. [17] The 6-pounder carriage weighed 900 lb (408 kg). [18]
Lyle gun Lyle gun being fired. A Lyle gun was a line thrower powered by a short-barrelled cannon.It was invented by Captain David A. Lyle, US Army, a graduate of West Point and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and was used from the late 19th century to 1952, when it was replaced by rockets for throwing lines.
The Canon d'Infantrie de 37 modele 1916 TRP (37mm mle.1916) was a French infantry support gun, first used during World War I. The gun was used by a number of forces during and after the war. The US acquired a number of these guns, which they designated 37mm M1916; however, by 1941 the US Army had put these into storage (or scrapped them).
Canon de 19 C modèle 1870/93; Canon de 19 C modèle 1875; Canon de 19 modèle 1870/93 TAZ; Canon de 24 C modèle 1864; Canon de 24 C modèle 1870; Canon de 24 C modèle 1876; Canon de 24 Gribeauval; Canon de 27 C modèle 1864; Canon de 32 modèle 1870/81 à glissement; Canon de 32 modèle 1870/84 à glissement; Canon de 75 modèle 1922 Schneider
Canon de 155 L modèle 1877/14 Schneider - mated the barrel of the mle 1877 with the box-trail carriage and hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism of the 152 mm howitzer M1910 produced by Schneider for the Imperial Russian Army. Canon de 155 L Modele 1917 Schneider - mated the carriage of the mle 1877/14 with a new barrel.
All three types of carriage were similar in design, having an upper carriage that was placed on a two-rail chassis. The gun and upper carriage recoiled along the chassis. The chassis would pivot to train the gun left or right. The barbette carriages were designed to fire over a parapet and could be used in either permanent or temporary ...
In the 1790s Sir Thomas Blomefield developed a 32-pounder cannon weighing a nominal 56 cwt. (2,845 kg). When it was designed, the weight and length of naval cannon was generally proportionate to the weight of the shot. As such the Blomefield 32-pdr was a classic smoothbore gun that 'founded' the family of innovative 32-pdrs.