A pivot gun was a type of cannon mounted on a fixed central emplacement which permitted it to be moved through a wide horizontal arc. They were a common...

to her two pivot guns and USS Powhatan which carried 10 IX-inch guns in broadside mounts in addition to her two XI-inch Dahlgren pivot guns. These broadside...

Swivel guns should not be confused with pivot guns, which were far larger weapons mounted on a horizontal pivot, or screw guns, which are a mountain gun with...

ageing wine Barrel (fastener), a simple hinge consisting of a barrel and a pivot Gun barrel the venturi of a carburetor a component of a clarinet a component...

Center-pivot irrigation (sometimes called central pivot irrigation), also called water-wheel and circle irrigation, is a method of crop irrigation in which...

and coal supplies, leaving only 16% for masts, sails, rigging, anchors, guns, provisions and water. Wampanoag also burned 136 tons of coal a day, enough...

68-pounder (31 kg) pivot gun. With the rise of steam and screw propulsion, she was ordered to be converted on the stocks to a 131-gun screw ship, with conversion...

before the Union Navy warship's heavy guns drove them off. Minnesota also fired upon Virginia with her pivot gun. Toward twilight the Southern ironclad...

bores to a side and one rifled gun as a stern pivot. She also remounted one of her broadside guns as a bow pivot gun after anchoring by the lighthouse...

and the gun fires with its foam filled rubber tyred wheels supporting the gun on the ground. When the gun is brought into action, the pivot jack is folded...

mounting heavy ordnance. The "Montezuma" (1,164 tons) carried a 68pdr. pivot gun and six 32pdrs. The "Guadalupe" (775 tons) carried two 68pdrs. * The Texas...

mechanism has been extensively reworked, changing from a horizontally pivoting breech block to a rotating bolt design. Additionally the gas system has...

carriage traverse, there is a pivot jack mounted at the front of the cradle support. The pivot jack is not a sole plate and the gun fires with its foam filled...

1862, in which Kennison was in charge of the forward 10-inch (250 mm) pivot gun. He was subsequently appointed commander of the schooner Samuel Rotan...

Wabash USS Wabash After pivot gun. X in. Dahlgren USS Wabash Forward pivot gun Officers and sailors USS Wabash Forward pivot gun. 200 pdr Parrott U.S.S...

Newfoundland 2 QF 4.7-inch B Mk IV* guns on central pivot mounts, Fort Peninsula, Quebec 1 QF 4.7-inch B Mk IV* gun on central pivot mount, Fort Prevel, Quebec...

RBLs, built by Vickers, on central pivot Mk II mounts. Fort Scratchley, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. 2 guns dating from 1911. Decommissioned in...

British heavy tanks. Alternatively, a sponson could be open-topped for a pivoting gun (which could be fitted with a backless blast shield or unshielded). Often...

The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and...

structure; it is possible that the remains of its truck and pivot carriage lie underneath the gun barrel. Both heavy cannon were recovered in 1994. In addition...

was wounded in the Battle of Hampton Roads. Wood commanded the stern pivot gun during the battle and fired the shot that seriously wounded Lieutenant...

Kalashnikova, or "Kalashnikov's machine gun") also commonly known as the PKM, is a belt-fed general-purpose machine gun, chambered for the 7.62×54mmR rimmed...

[Armstrong guns], are most successful. The 100-pounder (sic) as a pivot gun is superior to the 95 cwt. solid 8-inch gun; but as broadside guns between decks...

guns per side; two heavy pivot guns mounted on the centerline and able to fire to either side; one 8-inch (203 mm), 110-pound (50 kg) smoothbore gun;...

single hydraulic actuator on the gun's centerline just forward of the pivot point. The gun is spring-loaded to return to its centerline stowed position with...

the gun fired when elevated). This was to combine the ability of the early pivot guns to swivel with the protection of more classical fixed naval guns. A...

was also a submarine version which was on either a retractable or fixed pivot mount. The Krupp mount retracted vertically through a hatch, while the Erhardt...

attached to the side of the ship on a pivot, took the recoil on a slider, without altering the alignment of the gun. The pamphlet advocated the use of woollen...

almost nine feet (2.7 m). The vessel was armed with one pivot gun and between five and seven gun carriages. Also on board were a number of small arms: cutlasses...

machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The gun was operated...