2 pounder data

[Bob Cohoon]

Great photos, and I notice that they can be enlarged when viewing by clicking on the + sign. What I seem to gather is that one handle, the left one I think, fires the main gun through a linkage to the striker assembly on the breechblock.The other one is for the co-axial Besa.Apparently the elevation is with the shoulder brace,and traverse is with the turret traverse box .I would think there is probably a brake on the elevation control to maintain the setting also.Thanks very much for taking the time to post this! I found,also, in `toadmanstankpictures` site,under Allied gallery,in the British tanks,like the Valentine, Crusader, etc., there is a bit more in photos,but nothing as complete and accurate as these photos from a manual.