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Photos showing operation of Bofors ogival screw breech block. Depicted is US 6-inch gun.


See File:Bofors ogival breech diagram.jpg for diagram and description of mechanism and operation.
Date circa 1917
date QS:P,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Lt-Colonel William H Tschappat, Ordnance Department, USA. "Text-Book of Ordnance and Gunnery". published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1917. Page 303.


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