- A
pivot gun was a type of
cannon mounted on a
fixed central emplacement which permitted it to be
moved through a wide
horizontal arc. They were a common...
- to her two
pivot guns and USS Powhatan
which carried 10 IX-inch
guns in
broadside mounts in
addition to her two XI-inch
Dahlgren pivot guns.
These broadside...
-
Swivel guns should not be
confused with
pivot guns,
which were far
larger weapons mounted on a
horizontal pivot, or ****
guns,
which are a
mountain gun with...
- Center-
pivot irrigation (sometimes
called central pivot irrigation), also
called water-wheel and
circle irrigation, is a
method of crop
irrigation in which...
- 68-pounder (31 kg)
pivot gun. With the rise of
steam and **** propulsion, she was
ordered to be
converted on the
stocks to a 131-
gun **** ship, with conversion...
-
mechanism has been
extensively reworked,
changing from a
horizontally pivoting breech block to a
rotating bolt design.
Additionally the gas
system has...
- and the
gun fires with its foam
filled rubber tyred wheels supporting the
gun on the ground. When the
gun is
brought into action, the
pivot jack is folded...
-
bores to a side and one
rifled gun as a
stern pivot. She also
remounted one of her
broadside guns as a bow
pivot gun after anchoring by the lighthouse...
-
carriage traverse,
there is a
pivot jack
mounted at the
front of the
cradle support. The
pivot jack is not a sole
plate and the
gun fires with its foam filled...
-
mounting heavy ordnance. The "Montezuma" (1,164 tons)
carried a 68pdr.
pivot gun and six 32pdrs. The "Guadalupe" (775 tons)
carried two 68pdrs. * The Texas...
