John Breed, Diary and Training diary, item 86

• March 27, 2017 20:47:15 Cheryl Ellsworth

  being prolonged and threaded for the reception of a stud

  for supporting the Rocking Bar Sight, it has an opening

  in the lower portion for the gun and in the upper portion for

  the spring case. Longitudinal recesses are cut in the

  inner surface of the lower portion for the reception of the 

  guides on the jacket of the gun. A steel guard is fitted

  to the left side to protect the gun layer, and a notch

  and point are formed above the spring case for rough

  laying.

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  Shield

             The shield is of a most important part of the

  equipment, and has made a great difference in the

  tactical employment of the Q.F. guns, it is made of

  hard steel plate, strengthened by wooden slats designed

  to keep out shrapnel bullets at all ranges, and rifle

  bullets at ranges exceeding 500 yards, if made thick

  enough to keep out modern pointed bullets 303, fired

  from a distance under 500 yards, the shield would have

  to be made of a much heavier plate weighing 10 lb. per

  square foot which would make the carriage undesirably

• February 25, 2017 22:07:25 Erin Gordon

  being prolonged and threaded for the reception of a stund

  for supporting the Rocking Bar Sight, it has an opening

  in the lower portion for the gun and in the upper portion for

  the spring case. Longitudinal recesses are cut in the

  inner surface of the lower portion for the reception of the 

  guides on the jacket of the gun. A steel guard is fitted

  to the left side to protect the gun layer, and a notch

  and point are formed above the spring case for rough

  laying.

  
  

  Shield /

             The shield is of a most important part of the

  equipment, and has made a great difference in teh

  tactical employment of the 6. ft. guns, it is made of

  hard steel plate, strengthened by wooden slats designed

  to keep out shrapnel bullets at all ranges, and rifle

  bullets at ranges exceeding 500 yards, if made thick

  enough to keep out modern pointed bullets 303, fired

  from a distance under 500 yards, the shield would have

  to be made of a much heavier plate weighing 10 lb. per

  square foot which would make the carriage undesirably

  
  

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