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| Keywords: 12-inch-M1897-Firing.jpg This remarkable image shows the moment of firing of a 12-inch breech-loading gun M1895 on a M1897 disappearing carriage The soldier in the foreground has just pulled the long firing lanyard which can be seen stretching up to the breechlock of the gun The gun is in battery raised just above the edge of the parapet of the gun position The crew member on the catwalk at the upper left of the gun is looking through the optical telescopic gun sight On the left in the group of crew members can be seen the talker wearing a headset who passes firing data from the Range Section of the battery to the man on the gun sight The file for this image was provided by the Coast Defense Study Group and was edited for Wikipedia by cropping and straightening the original as well as by adjusting brightness contrast and sharpening PD-USGov Original upload log page en wikipedia 12-inch-M1897-Firing jpg 2010-07-15 20 03 Pgrig 900×794× 201567 bytes <nowiki>This remarkable image shows the moment of firing of a 12-inch breech-loading gun M1895 on a M1897 disappearing carriage The soldier in the foreground has just pulled the long firing lanyard which can be seen stretching up to the breechlock of the gun</nowiki> 12 inch Coast Gun M1895 Disappearing guns | ||||
