An interrupted screw or interrupted thread is a mechanical device typically used in the breech of artillery guns. It is believed to have been invented...

further complicated by the need to screw and unscrew the breech as quickly as possible; this was met by the "interrupted thread" breech block, where the...

the interrupted screw design and patented it in the year 1900. Anderson observed that in the continuous flighting arrangement of a compression screw, there...

necessitating a long screw to achieve a strong lock. Efficiency is gained with multiple thread step heights on an interrupted screw because the smaller...

indicated by the pointer. Perhaps a variation on the rotating bolt, an interrupted screw provides greater strength than simple lugs while requiring only a...

155/52 has a split trail carriage, hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism, interrupted screw breech, rifled autofretted barrel, articulated suspension with four...

Hb Model 46 Breech mechanism: Horizontal sliding-wedge breech or interrupted screw breech Barrel: 22 or 24 (bore 20,2 cal) Elevation: -5 to +45° Traverse:...

use cartridges, the problem was solved by the development of the interrupted screw. Breech-loading swivel guns were invented in the 14th century. They...

The M-30 used many elements from existing guns, most notably the interrupted-screw breechblock of the M1910/30. Since at that time Soviet industry had...

The modèle 1919 was built from steel and had two spoked wheels, interrupted screw breech, hydro-pneumatic recoil system, box trail carriage and a rounded...

practical take-down design based on the Type 100, but instead of using an interrupted screw, the detachable barrel was held in place with a tapered wedge. Tests...

and a new breech mechanism. Uniquely it was the sole 'slow-cone' interrupted screw mechanism to enter US service after 1920. The carriage was also used...

modello 08/13. The 70/15 was a breech-loaded mountain gun with an interrupted screw breech, a box trail carriage, two wooden-spoked steel-rimmed wheels...

stronger than the wrought iron of preceding weapons. The guns had an interrupted screw breech with either a de Bange plastic obturator or (on the earlier...

rims, a gun shield, a hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism, a Schneider interrupted screw breech. It fired cased separate-loading ammunition with up to eight...

Krupp 8 cm Kanone C/80 field gun. Argentina used a Maxim-Nordenfelt interrupted screw breech for their guns that used separate-loading bagged charges and...

driver, gunner, loader) Shell separate loading, bagged charge Breech interrupted screw Traverse 360° Rate of fire Maximum: 4 rpm/3 min. Sustained: 1 rpm...

separate loading, bagged charge Caliber 155 mm L/23 caliber Breech interrupted screw Elevation −5 to 65 degrees Traverse 30 degrees Rate of fire Sustained:...

wooden spoked wheels, gun shield, hydro-pneumatic recoil system and an interrupted screw breech. The mle 1915 used separate loading cased charges and projectiles...

and 280/16. The Obice da 280 was a breech loaded design with an interrupted screw breech, and used separate loading bagged charges and projectiles....

export version FH77 B version with a 39 calibre barrel and an interrupted ogival screw breech. For the demonstrator of the Archer Artillery System, some...

barrel, much longer than that of older designs, was fitted with an interrupted screw breechblock with recoil devices consisting of a hydraulic recoil buffer...

construction, and consisted of liner, jacket and screwed-upon breech. The breechblock was of interrupted screw type, similar in construction to that of the...

wooden-spoked steel-rimmed wheels, new hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism, new interrupted screw breech, new rifling pattern, longer L/31 barrel, new gun shield, and...

had a long – 47.2 calibers – barrel of free-tube construction, with interrupted screw breech. The recoil system with variable recoil length consisted of...

Gun Model 1909 was a breech-loaded howitzer made of steel with an interrupted screw breech and used fixed quick-fire ammunition. It had a box trail carriage...

allowing for rapid emplacement. The breech is operated manually via a screw type mechanism that rests low in an ergonomic position. The M198 fires separate-loading...

the army’s Osaka Arsenal. The original Type 38 gun had a conical interrupted screw, a single box type trail which limited gun elevation to only 16°30'...

The original 12-pounders were built-up guns with a single-motion interrupted screw breech that fired Fixed Quick Fire ammunition and had bottom mounted...

Crew 2 (1 gunner, 1 loader) Caliber 73 mm (2.9 in) smoothbore Breech Interrupted screw Recoil None Carriage Tripod Elevation +7°/−3° Traverse 30° total Rate of fire...