CAMOUFLAGE SET FOR THREE INCH A.A. GUNS — Part 3 | The Archive Project

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Army truck tows four-wheeled antiaircraft gun. Gun crew prepares gun for firing, attaches pipe supports of net to gun's outriggers, lays out and fastens wire cable rigging to supports, unrolls and fastens main net to rigging, snaps small triangular nets in place, and tightens net assembly with chain pulls. The net's embrasure can be quickly removed for firing the gun. Coil springs in the rigging absorb the shock when the gun is fired. Shows aerial views of Ft. Belvoir, Virginia.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Engineering Board Film Digests

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Date

1941-01-01

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3:34

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