File:QF 4.7 inch gun Colenso.jpg

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Photograph showing British QF 4.7 inch gun on the improvised wooden field carriage designed by Captain Percy Scott. In action at the Battle of Colenso, South Africa, 15 December 1899.


Ropes connect the carriage to a stake in front of the gun to limit recoil.
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Source "Navy and Army Illustrated". Published in Jeans' Naval Brigades in the South African War 1899-1900.
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