Title:INTRODUCTION TO NAVAL GUNNERY PART 2: FIRING THE GUN [Main Title]
Film Number:DRN 164B
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Summary: A Naval instructional film explaining how a shell is made up and how the explosion is triggered by either impact or timing mechanism. The two types of Navy gun and their shells, namely the BL (Breech Loading) gun where the cordite charge is sealed in a separate cloth bag from the shell and the QF (Quick Fire, also breech loading) gun where the charge is packed in a metal cartridge are shown and the firing mechanism of both explained and illustrated with animated and live sequences.
