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British QF 6 inch naval gun, on high-angle mounting on railway truck, as anti-aircraft gun. At Prince of Wales Pier, Dover.
Cartridge case is visible lying horizontally behind gunlayer's feet (left side of gun).
A rope is attached to the barrel for use in manually depressing it. This was necessary because the gun was not designed to be mounted at such a high angle, and hence the gun was unbalanced, necessitating manual intervention to depress the barrel.


Additional recuperator cylinders appear to have been added above the barrel, presumably to assist runout at the abnormally high angle.
Date circa. 1914-1918
Source
This photograph Q 18279 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Royal Navy official photographer
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