Team Work
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Travail d'equipe
The ten-man gun crew and ammunition detachment worked closely together to ensure safe and precise loading and firing of the 6-inch guns. They followed a sequence when in action:
1) Gun crew and ammunition detachment alerted and take post at the gun and in the magazine
2) Ammunition and equipment readied for firing
3) Battery Commander assigned target
4) Fire orders issued
5) Gun loaded in down position
6) Gun raised to firing position
7) Gun aimed
8) Gun fired and returns to loading position
9) Repeat sequence until cease firing order is issued
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Les dix hommes des équipes de pièce et des munitions travaillaient en étroite collaboration pour assurer la sécurité et la précision du chargement et du tir des canons de 6 pouces. La mise en batterie s'exécutait selon l'enchaînement suivant:
1) Les membres des équipes de pièce et des munitions étaient alertés et se postaient près du canon et dans le magasin.
2) Les munitions et le matériel étaient préparés en vue du tir.
3) Le commandant de batterie désignait la cible.
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5) On chargeait le canon alors qu'il était abaissé.
6) On levait le canon à la position de tir.
7) On pointait le canon.
8) Après le tir, le canon retournait à la position de chargement.
9) On répétait cet enchaînement jusqu'a ce qu'on donne l'ordre de cesser le feu.
Erected by Parks Canada.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 48° 25.917′ N, 123° 27.038′ W. Marker is in Victoria, British Columbia, in Capital Region. It can be reached from Fort Rodd Hill Road. Marker is on the grounds of Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites of Canada. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 603 Fort Rodd Hill Road, Victoria BC V9C 2W8, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, on the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.
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Also see . . . Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites of Canada. (Submitted on October 23, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 23, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 23, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
