Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . t up to the required height to reach theboLster, the other on the ground, and roll the gim upthe inclined plane thus formed to its place on thetruck. The bolsters are just high enough to permitthe gun to be rolled into its place. Four men canlaj down the track a distance of eighty yards inthirty minutes where no grading is required. Fourmen can transport a 15 gun over level ground, us-ing a capstan, twenty 3ards in live minutes after ithas been mounted, the track has been laid down, andthe capstan in position, or tliey can l
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . t up to the required height to reach theboLster, the other on the ground, and roll the gim upthe inclined plane thus formed to its place on thetruck. The bolsters are just high enough to permitthe gun to be rolled into its place. Four men canlaj down the track a distance of eighty yards inthirty minutes where no grading is required. Fourmen can transport a 15 gun over level ground, us-ing a capstan, twenty 3ards in live minutes after ithas been mounted, the track has been laid down, andthe capstan in position, or tliey can lay down thetrack and transport the gun twenty yards in fifteenminutes, all of the preparations having been firstmade. A horse with one double and one singleblock will move a gun as fast as the track canbe laid and the tackle shifted, or a pair of willpull a 15 gun. a dead pull, without the interven-tion of pulley-blocks, the road Iieing level. An in-creased force will be required if the track, instead ofbeing in a level, is on an ascending grade, and pro-. Fig. 3. portionately irreater as the angle of the slope is the only one recommended, exceptin very extraordinary cases, where there is a greatamount of work to be done and done quickly. 4. Io moKe and nuiunt heatygunn, etc., with blocks,hydraitltc, jwh^, enpntiin, or crab, crndleK, etc.—Tomove a heavy gun a short distance, raise it on skids,so ihat the trunnions will not touch the ground,roll it over by the pinch-lmrs. chocking the breechand cultinj; the muzzle when necessary. For longer distances, and through narrow entrances, mount iton the cradle, with rollers and shifting-plank under-neath, and if on level ground move it along withpinch-bars or handspikes; if up a ramp, rig the falland blocks to cradle, crab, and some fixed or well-secured object on top of ramp, and then work it upwith the crab, changing the shifting-plank and roll-ers as required. Westons hoisting crab, with auto-matic s
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