Improvements in or connected with Training Gear for Travelling Ordnance.

摘要

17,680. Krupp Akt.-Ges., F. April 27, [Convention date]. Field carriages; recoil apparatus.-Relates to traversing mechanism for field gun-carriages of the kind in which the carriage is traversed by a roller such as K, mounted in the end of the trail, and having teeth k2 for engaging in the ground. The invention consists in combining therewith a pivot-spade D which is suspended from the axletree A in such manner that it may be adjusted vertically, by sliding the stem C in the sleeve B, to suit hard or soft ground. The spade D has four ribs D1 which enter the ground, and a lever device G2, G, F is provided to swing the spade into and out of the operative position.