This British gun crew have maneuvered their heavy truck into the screen of camouflage on the side of a steep Balkan hill to fire at an enemy 'plane that lias ventured over the lines. One of the prime requisites of an anti-aircraft gun such as this is mobility; It must he able to go anywhere at any time for it must he continually changing places.
They have covered the barrel of the gun with cloth so that it won't reflect the rays of the sun, and over the truck there has been spread a protective covering of brush. If you notice carefully you will see a heavy iron projection underneath the truck.
One of the soldiers has his foot on it. That steel arm is swung out when the gun is being made ready for action and placed on a square steel plate on the ground. Then the handle attached to the screw presses the arm firmly against the ground plate, making the truck more secure and steady while the gun is being tired.
Some of the "Tommies" seem to be at leisure but others are interested in the work at hand. One of them is sighting the gun, another is giving his attention to the breech mechanism while the soldier under the barrel of the gun is uii3ntly watching the target, a birdlike 'plane soaring through the sky.
- Excerpt from: The World War through the stereoscope a visualized, vitalized history of the greatest conflict of all the ages / / edited by Major Joseph Mills Hanson.
- Published/Created by: Meadville, Pa.; New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.; London, England:
- Keystone View Company, photographed between 1914 and 1918, published 1923
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
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