Needles Battery
Portsmouth Fortifications
Aug2000
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Needles Battery Portsmouth Fortifications |
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| A view of a 9 inch
RML mounted in a Barbette. This is the semi circular wall that partially
protects the gun and loaders. The gun is traversed around the Barbette
on the forward wheels and around a rear pivot formed by an old cannon mounted
vertically in the ground. This is a Class 'D' mounting, an arrangement
where the pivot is to the rear of the carriage not in the centre.
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