Attachment 310714
A female worker cleans the locking lugs for the breachblock
of a 15 inch gun after being lifted inside the barrel in the Coventry Ordnance Works during the First World War.
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Attachment 310714
A female worker cleans the locking lugs for the breachblock
of a 15 inch gun after being lifted inside the barrel in the Coventry Ordnance Works during the First World War.
Rosie the Riveter.
Eh, ovens.. gun barrels... she's gotta clean something.
Joking!
and I complain about cleaning my gun ..[smilie=1:
I wonder how long the school is to get a job as a bore brush.
Woah that's a big gun
I’d hate to scrub the lead outta that barrel!
Great photo of our parent's generation Digger . . . back when ALL Americans worked for America . . . .
No more whining about removing lead from my pistols.
I guess they didn't have a chamber brush for that; or an 8ft q-tip.
this is from Wiki......Weight of shell: 1,920 lbs (4 AP crh shell), 1,938 lbs (6 crh AP shell – 1937). Weight of charge: 428 lbs cordite, 490 lbs cordite for supercharge.[
"Get 'er nice and clean, love. Nothing but our best for Gerry."
good lass.....thats taking hand finishing to a whole new level.
Try and tumble lube THAT boolit!