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retracted without being fired, this was accomplished by the gun crew turning cranks on either side of the carriage and manually retracting it. The round counterweight pits for these guns (surrounded by semicircular steps that rise up to the loading platform) are visible today at many sites in the U.S. from which the guns have been removed.
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This image shows the gun with its barrel raised above the top of the parapet, ready to fire. After firing, the recoil from the blast moved the muzzle of the gun backwards and and downward, bringing the breech down near the loading platform, where the gun's crew could easily swab it out and load
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