File:RML2.5inchFieldGunCarriage.jpg

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Description British 2.5 inch RML on Field Carriage - probably a gun of the Natal Field Battery in action in Natal, during the Second Boer War. The man on the left is about to fire the gun by 'chopping' down on the firing lanyard. Elevation is by elevating screw; note the drag shoes method of controlling recoil.
Date circa. 1899-1900
Source The South African Military History Society Military History Journal - Vol 2 No 1 Guns in South Africa 1899-1902, June 1971, by Major Darrell D Hall
Author British Government
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