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| Subject: | Gunners tools' question |  |
| Date: | Aug 14, 2005 |
| From: | Alex Hill | |
Studying images of gun crews in action, it seems sometimes they're using a 'rammer' (long pole with a flat end) and on other occasions, for want of a better word, a stuka (long pole with a larger soft looking cylindrical end- chamois leather?) Am I right in assuming that two seperate tools are used in the loading process, the 'rammer' for the shoving the shell in and the 'stuka' for cleaning/cooling the barrel, or is just that there were different types of the same device? Presumably, these items don't utilise the cleaning rods that are generally strapped to the trails?
Interesting to note that in the same photo's the crews generally have a large tin scuttle close by, presumably to use in conjunction with the 'stuka'.
Thanks,
Al
...No sniggering at the subject line please(!!) |
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 | Gunners tools' question - Alex Hill - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Gunners tools' question - Andrew Herbert - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Gunners tools' question - Alex Hill - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . Re: Gunners tools' question - Kurt Laughlin - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . Re: Gunners tools' question [IMG] - Alex Hill - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . As a former cannon-cocker - Ed Gilbert - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: As a former cannon-cocker [IMG] - Alex Hill - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . some speculations - Ed Gilbert - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . some additional comments - Ed Gilbert - Aug 14, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Metric or imperial? - Alex Hill - Aug 15, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Metric or imperial? - Kurt Laughlin - Aug 15, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It did not matter, - Ed Gilbert - Aug 16, 2005 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: It did not matter, - Alex Hill - Aug 17, 2005 |
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