. English: This image is of a 3-inch rapid fire seacoast gun, M1902. This is not a 3-inch M1902 field gun. The gun is mounted on a pedestal base. The hand wheels for aiming it in direction (traversing) and range (elevating) are visible. The breech is open. The firing battery was used to supply current to the small lamps that lit the aiming scales and the sight at night. circa 1900s 44 3-inch-gun-M1902

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Size: 2555px × 1956px
Photo credit: © History and Art Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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