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Record 1 2018-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
  • Field Artillery
CONT

A muzzle-sight, of iron, is screwed into the swell of the muzzle of guns, or into the middle of the muzzle-ring of howitzers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
  • Artillerie de campagne
CONT

Pour arriver à supprimer, du moins momentanément, l'angle de mire des canons et obusiers, il suffirait de percer sur le corps de la pièce un trou de 9 millimètres de diamètre et de tarauder et de fraiser ce trou pour recevoir un bouton de mire en bronze, terminé par un petit mamelon en acier formant guidon.

CONT

Les obusiers lisses n'ont pas de hausses latérales. Outre le cran de mire de la bouche, il y en a un second sur la plate-bande de culasse.

Spanish

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