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	A Brief History of American Seacoast Fortifications, 1830 - 1945
		This weapon is mis-identified as a disappearing gun that was formerly on the site from Fort Dade, Egmont Key.
		As this system was completed, the disappearing and other previous guns were scrapped to support the war effort.
		The Rodman guns were manufactured by an improved process that allowed a heavier powder charge and a larger caliber than the previous Columbiads.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Base/3495/FortHistory.html

	Birds Korea - conserving birds and habitats in South Korea and the Yellow Sea eco-region
		One month later, in bright conditions on February 12th 2000, while guiding a group of Japanese birdwatchers at Yeongam Lake, also in Haenam Gun, NM again saw, initially with the naked eye, a bright blue and white Blue Tit -type bird fly low along the reeds only 2-3 m away from him.
		The bird flew some 30 m past the whole group, which was stretched out in a line, before disappearing again into a dense stand of reeds.
		Realizing that this was either an Azure Tit or even much less likely a vagrant hybrid Azure x Blue Tit we stopped the car and searched the area for over one hour, but could not relocate the bird.
	www.wbkenglish.net /az27.asp

	Fort Lytton - The 6-in Armstrong Disappearing Gun (Number One Position)
		Disappearing guns were designed so that the weapon could be hidden while being loaded, with the gun visible only for the few seconds required to fire it.
		The 6-in Armstrong Disappearing Gun was the main defensive weapon of Fort Lytton prior to World War 2.
		The original guns were muzzle loading, however by the turn of the century these weapons were replaced by breech loading versions.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/4303/pit1.html

	Disappearing Guns
		The object of a 'disappearing' gun was to protect both detachment and equipment from hostile naval fire, achieved by arranging for the gun to recoil into an emplacement below ground level or behind a parapet.
		Those who chose the latter continued installing disappearing guns in a competent manner and without mishap, much to the amazement of Major General Harding Stewart RE, Military Adviser to the Agent General, who had recommended the employment of experts from England for the purpose '....as had been found necessary in Australia.'
		In 1929 it is understood the four BL 8-inch guns at Auckland were sold to a scrap merchant who struck financial difficulties and was unable to complete the deal, leaving behind the Summit Battery gun, the Fort Victoria gun, and the barrel of the South Battery gun cut up into several pieces.
	www.riv.co.nz /rnza/hist/dgun/index.htm

	Artcom Museums Tour: Harbor Defense Museum At Fort Hamilton
		Other displays include an operating mutoscope, which provides rare moving images of Endicott period disappearing guns and supporting mortars, a variety of uniforms worn by New York National Guard units that were assigned to Fort Hamilton, and an M1883 Gatling gun.
		Fort Hamilton’s 20-inch Rodman gun was first tested in 1864, and could fire a 1,080 pound projectile 4.6 miles.
		Rodman’s career, and the development of the guns that bare his name.
	www.artcom.com /Museums/nv/gl/100-d.htm

	Country Books Online Product Information
		This noble and arduous sport is so often in danger of disappearing altogether due, on the one hand, to the risk of over-emotive and ill considered legislation and, on the other hand, because of the lack of punt gunning expertise to be found among today's fowling enthusiasts.
		Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey could be aptly called a "gentleman fowler", a rare breed indeed in 1882 whenthose with title, land and social position generally confined their shooting to driven grouse, partridge and pheasant with the shotgun and red deer stalking, in season, with rifle.
		One other factor threatens the very existance of punt gunning, which knowledge and ability to plan and build the specialised gunning punt.
	a8160262.cheapnet.co.uk /cbol/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=241&osCsid=afb5739cd93b955290548bfd96349611

	Ammunition and Ordnance Treatise
		Shell S.A.P. with cap 8in gun Mk IB 4.7in Gun on test mounting Shell 4.7in S.A.P. Shell B.L., A.P. with cap for 15in gun Mk XIIA Shell B.L. Common Pointed with Ballistic Cap for 6in Gun Mk XXIB 8in 12.5 ton B.L. Armstrong Gun on Elswick Hydro-Pneumatic Disappearing Carriage 12pr Shrapnel Shell c1918
		Cartridge Q.F. Blank 4in Mk V and V* Guns Mk II Bag Charge for 14in Gun.....
		Filled c1922 Wrought Iron R.M.L. 12inch, 35 ton Gun Shell Unloading Hole 7in Double R.M.L. c1872 9in Shell for 12 ton gun c1873 12inch Pallaiser Shot for 25 ton Gun....
	web.ukonline.co.uk /stephen.johnson/arms (2147 words)

	SIGHTS - LoveToKnow Article on SIGHTS
		The line of sight and the elevation of the gun henceforth are inseparable.
		Shield sights were introduced for disappearing mountings to admit of continuous laying for lifie, and a disk engraved for yards of range duly corrected for height, and called an elevation indicator, replaced the index plate and reader.
		An automatic sight is a sight connected in such a manner with the elevating gear of the gun, that when the sight is directed on the water-line of a target at A any range the gun will havetheproperquadrant E ~ --.~ elevation for that range.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SI/SIGHTS.htm (2147 words)

	Dunedin
		Dunedin Albatros colony 5 Disappearing Gun Sensitive area.jpg
		Dunedin Albatros colony 1 Disappearing Gun Sensitive area.jpg
		Matai Falls Papatowai Forest path.jpg - between Invercargill and Dunedin
	members.iinet.net.au /~lyalls/Source_files/NZ_Dunedin.html (26 words)

	Artcom Museums Tour: Harbor Defense Museum At Fort Hamilton
		Other displays include an operating mutoscope, which provides rare moving images of Endicott period disappearing guns and supporting mortars, a variety of uniforms worn by New York National Guard units that were assigned to Fort Hamilton, and an M1883 Gatling gun.
		Fort Hamilton’s 20-inch Rodman gun was first tested in 1864, and could fire a 1,080 pound projectile 4.6 miles.
		Adjacent to the visitors’ center is a 12-inch gun, reminiscent of the largest ordnance ever mounted at Fort Hamilton.
	www.artcom.com /Museums/nv/gl/100-d.htm (26 words)

	Fort Crockett
		These emplacements were common during and shortly after the war, and took advantage of mounting guns built as spares for disappearing gun batteries on barbette carriages, which greatly increased their range and utility.
		Battery Laval is present as part of the seawall, but the magazine spaces are buried, with only the gun platforms visible.
		It was decided that a concrete casemate (often referred to as a "bunker") be built over the gun emplacements to increase their protection.
	andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com /crock1.html (26 words)

	UKFC - journal 69 - Landguard Fort
		This battery was built at the turn of the century, supplementing an earlier battery in the works to its left, which housed 6” and 10” disappearing guns, removed in 1909.
		This battery was completed just after the turn of the century; the guns were intended to engage fast torpedo boats (such as Eboats) trying to enter the harbour itself These works are now largely obliterated by the later World War 11 constructions.
		This battery position consists of a concrete construction, about 50 feet high, on the top of which two 6” guns were emplaced, firing a 100 lb.
	www.ukfortsclub.org.uk /aldis/69/69_1.html (26 words)

	Fort Lytton, Brisbane, QLD
		The old "disappearing guns" at Fort Lytton were replaced by a six pounder twin quick-firing gun and a 4.7 QF gun.
		Fort Lytton located on the southern bank, near the mouth of the Brisbane River, was built in the the 1800's as a defence against the perceived Russian threat.
		Fort Lytton is now a declared National Park and is cared for by the Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service.
	home.st.net.au /~pdunn/ozatwar/fortlytton.htm (259 words)

	Spennemann, The Pacific War in Micronesia (A bibliography)
		War Office (1891) Instructions for 6-inch rifled breech-loading Armstrong Gun, and Hydro-pneumatic disappearing carriage.
		sub calibre gun and Mark I 1-inch Elswick B aiming rifle.
		AMF (1941) Australian Military Forces, Identification list for 6-inch marks XI and XI& guns on mountings P Mark VI and P Mark VIA (Australia,, also Q.F. 3-pr.
	marshall.csu.edu.au /html/WWII/PWar_Bibliography.html (259 words)

	Fort Lytton - Number Two position
		By World War 2, Gun Pit Two had been modified, removing the Armstrong Disappearing gun, and installing a 57 mm Twin 6 Pounder firing 6 lb (2.7 kg) shells.
		The Twin 6 Pounder was the major defensive weapon of the Fort during World War 2.
		Although these weapons had a comparatively short range (just over 4.5 km) they more than compensated for this with their rapid rate of fire.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/4303/pit2.html (259 words)

	Spad S.VII
		Guynemer gained fame as a real sharpshooter in his Spad S.VII ((a stable gun platform in its own right) before disappearing without trace in the Poelkapelle area near the Belgian/French border.
		Designed around the new V-8 Hispano-Suiza engine, the Spad S.VII soon became known as being one of the most stable gun platforms flying around during the first world war.
		Spad S.VII in the markings of French ace Georges Guynemer.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /clyde/808/spad7.html (126 words)

	William Crozier, Major General, United States Army
		In 1887, he was assigned to the office of Chief of Ordnance, where he developed an interest in siege and coastal defense guns that led to his invention of a wire-wrapped gun of large caliber and, with General A.R. Buffington, later chief of ordnance, of the Buffington-Crozier disappearing gun carriage, later adopted for coastal guns.
		William Crozier was born February 19, 1855, at Carrollton, Ohio.
		In July 1918, he was promoted to Major General of the line, and became Commander of the Northeastern Department in Boston, and he retired in January 1919.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /wcrozier.htm (407 words)

	North Head - Devonport New Zealand
		1889 Fort Cautley was in steady process with new guns, an 8 inch disappearing gun, with a 7 inch RML and a 6-pr Nordenfelt on both northern and southern flanks of North Head.
		One gun is known to be at New Market in Auckland pointing down the main street.
		Work began in 1935 with three new search light emplacements and emplacements for 4 inch guns at North Battery.
	www.devonport.co.nz /northhead.htm (996 words)

	Secret Agent A.K.A. Danger Man Megaset PopMatters Television Review
		Thus A&E's Danger Man and The Prisoner boxed sets should be purchased together and watched back-to-back and, given our real-life government's recent propensity for "disappearing" people it doesn't like, the sooner the better.
		He rarely uses a gun, and even then it's usually someone else's gun, relies only on gadgetry that was in actual use in covert circles at the time, and he never gets the girl.
		Danger Man falls into the "wandering hero" subgenre of television drama, typified by such shows as The Fugitive, Kung Fu, and the underrated Quantum Leap, which throw a central character in a wide variety of situations without the burden of an ensemble cast or episodic continuity.
	www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/s/secret-agent-megaset.shtml (875 words)

	Matheson / Television
		The Joust (Have Gun, Will Travel, date unknown) With Charles Beaumont.
		And When The Sky Was Opened (Twilight Zone, 1959) Script Rod Serling, based on Matheson's story "Disappearing Act."
		Lady on the Wall (Have Gun Will Travel, 1959) With Charles Beaumont.
	home.earthlink.net /~sitman/page3/page3.html (605 words)

	Rockwell/Textron VF-1X "Valkyrie"
		This extremely rare and highly advanced system provides massive ECM protection for the unit carrying it: all radio transmissions with 35km that are not on a designated channel will be jammed, and the VF benefits from Active Stealth protection when operating in Fighter mode, literally disappearing off of radar screens.
		Without this gear, such gun pods cannot be stored on the centerline hardpoint and therefore must be discarded when the VF transforms into Battloid mode.
		This option consists of mounting and stabilizing equipment that allows the VF-1 to safely transport large gun pods such as the GU-12 or S-2.
	www.geocities.com /ashta_ku/UN_VF-1X.htm (605 words)

	m class subs
		The M-2 would not only be exercising with her aircraft, but with the three-inch "disappearing" gun, her two Lewis guns, and with practice torpedoes for her four 18-inch bow tubes.
		After the M-1 was launched various problems with the seals around the gun caused so many delays in getting her into service that the war was over before she could fire a shot in anger and M-2 and M3 were not completed until 1920.
		The official description of how the wreck was found was that HMS Torrid, a destroyer equipped with powerful listening apparatus (Asdic), found the contact, and minesweepers confirmed the finding HMS Pangborne and HMS Dunnon with sweep wires.
	www.btinternet.com /~weybsac/diving/dive_sites/m_class_subs.htm (5175 words)

	Doom!
		Pea Shooter, Chainsaw, Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, BFG 9000.
		Pea Shooter, Chainsaw, BFG 9000, Plasma Gun, Shotgun, Super Shotgun, Rocket Launcher.
		Pea Shooter, Chainsaw, BFG 9000, Plasma Gun, Rocket Launcher.
	laimizdoom.stormpages.com /weapons.html (5175 words)

	Army Ground Forces Association
		He provided a special tour, including the interior of Battery Gates, a 6-inch Endicott era disappearing-gun battery that was reconstructed during WWII for two 6-inch shielded-barbette guns.
		The instruction was conducted using the "living history" method, with each participant portraying an officer or enlisted member of the 246th Coast Artillery Regiment (HD) (VANG), one of the units that garrisoned Fort Wool.
		On March 11, 2000, Shawn Welch, Andy Bennett, and Adam Welch, members of the Army Ground Forces Association and CDSG, provided an overview of the Chesapeake Bay harbor defenses and Coast Artillery to a Command and General Staff Officer's Course (CGSOC) - Reserve Component at Fort Wool, Virginia, just offshore of Ft. Monroe.
	andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com /agfa/3-11-2000-wool.html (5175 words)

	Winsome
		Ten inch coastal defense gun on a disappearing mount at Fort Wint on Grande Island.
		The 96 acre island was purchased in 1905 by the U.S. Army and coastal defense guns installed.(guns.jpg)
	winsome.blogsome.com (9788 words)

	Pre-Dreadnought Preservation - Coastal Defense
		An 8-inch Armstong gun on a disappearing mount defending Auckland, New Zealand.
		Fort Lytton in Brisbane, Queensland is used by historical re-enactors and they actually fire some of its remaining Victorian ordnance.
		Fort Flagler and Fort Casey which compose the other two points of the "Triangle" are also now state parks.
	www.oz.net /~markhow/pre-dred/coastal.htm (9788 words)

	Fort Pickens, Endicott Period
		During the late 1890's and early 1900's, new gun batteries were constructed at Fort Pickens.
		Battery Pensacola mounted a pair of 12-inch disappearing rifles, located within the perimeter of Fort Pickens.
		Instead of many guns located in a small area, the image most people have of a fort, the Endicott batteries are spread out over a wide area.
	andy_bennett.home.mindspring.com /endicot.html (245 words)

	Fort Paull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The original emplacements, nineteen 64 pounder (29 kg) RML Artillery pieces were almost completely demolished in 1894 when concrete emplacements for 3 disappearing guns and 2 quick firing guns were built.
		Fort Paull is a gun battery situated on the North bank of the Humber, near the village of Paull, downstream from Hull.
		The current fort is of pentagonal design and was built in 1861-4 and on the recommendations of the Royal Commission, hence it is one of the Palmerston forts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Paull (245 words)

	Pre-Dreadnought Preservation - Coastal Defense
		An 8-inch Armstong gun on a disappearing mount defending Auckland, New Zealand.
		Fort Lytton in Brisbane, Queensland is used by historical re-enactors and they actually fire some of its remaining Victorian ordnance.
		Fort Flagler and Fort Casey which compose the other two points of the "Triangle" are also now state parks.
	www.oz.net /~markhow/pre-dred/coastal.htm (1003 words)

	Fort Gaines, Alabama
		In the background is the "disappearing" gun emplacement installed in the fort in the 1898-1903 period.
		It was one of the primary Confederate forts guarding the entrance to the bay.
		Historic Fort Gaines is located on Dauphin Island in Mobile Bay.
	www.homepages.dsu.edu /jankej/civilwar/FtGaines.htm (292 words)

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