| 11. | The gun had horizontal sliding breechblock, hydraulic recoil buffer and spring-driven recuperator.
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| 12. | In late production pieces minor changes in breechblock, cradle and elevation mechanism were introduced.
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| 13. | After the landing, the Marine officers are puzzled by the lack of breechblocks in the guns.
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| 14. | The Hall rifles and carbines were loaded using a combustible paper cartridge inserted into the upward tilting breechblock.
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| 15. | Prior to 1877, the breechblock had a high arch machined out of it, making it lighter.
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| 16. | The gun had interrupted screw breechblock; hydraulic recoil buffer and hydropneumatic recuperator were both mounted under the barrel.
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| 17. | Buttress threads have often been used in the construction of artillery, particularly with the screw-type breechblock.
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| 18. | As the powder case cleared the top of the breechblock, the block would rise to seal the chamber.
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| 19. | He is wounded, but manages to sabotage all the guns by removing their breechblocks, saving many American lives.
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| 20. | The breechblock starts back at the instant of discharge, carrying the empty cartridge case with assistance of the extractor.
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