Tuesday, February 9, 2016

In Case You're Wondering: What Is a Trunnion?

From Wikipedia.

Since I have been mentioning trunnions in the last several posts, I decided to look it up to be sure what they were.  It was as I had figured.

A cannon's trunnion is the part that protrudes from the barrel near the rear which rests on the carriage and is used to pivot the cannon up and down.

--Old B-R'er

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