The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of the interior of a 6-inch Mark XXIII triple gun turret. The turret's crew, wearing respirators and anti-flash clothing, are ramming home a shell into centre gun. The crew member in the centre is holding a cordite charge. The turret bearing indicator is at top right. Note the interrupted screw locking device of the Asbury breech mechanism. (Naval Historical Collection).
Steel and gunmetal hinged breech mechanism, with an interrupted 'Wellin screw' obturation system. This breech block was fitted to one of HMAS Melbourne's 6 inch guns, and is identical to that which
5.5 inch Ordnance, breech loading 5.5 inch medium gun. The barrel is mounted on a two wheeled carriage with split trails. The spades on the trail are located on the top of each trail while in the tra
OFF MAPIA ISLAND. THE 4 INCH MARK XIX GUN ON A MARK XXIII MOUNTING OF THE CORVETTE HMAS GOULBURN IN ACTION DURING A BOMBARDMENT. A SHELL IS BEING RAMMED HOME AS THE BREECH WORKER PREPARES TO CLOSE THE
Brass and steel breech mechanism from a 12 inch main armament gun. The mechanism consists of the breech, and an interrupted screw breech block on a hinged mounting. The hinge side of the carrier is im
A NAVAL GUNNERY CREW SERVE A 4 INCH HIGH ANGLE/LOW ANGLE GUN ON A HIGH 4 INCH MKV HIGH ANGLE/LOW ANGLE MOUNTING DURING WORLD WAR 2. NOTE THE CREW'S ANTI-FLASH GEAR AND RESPIRATORS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL C
A Japanese 115mm Naval gun used for coastal defence at Stalkudo, a former Dutch position. Photographed from the interior of the pit showing the breech mechanism of the gun. It was found by members of
