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"MUSING" GEAR: A TYPE OF AMMUNITION HANDLING INSTALLATION
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"MUSfNG" GEAR: A TYPE OF AMMUNITION HANDLING INSTALLATION*
Awith Soviet ship
r .or mt pexioa ifvf3 makessuch termsusingovaya podacha,"rauajngovyemousingmousingused In connection
have been identified as destroyer and cruiacr type*.
The earliestnot provide any indica-
tion as to tlie deliumon ol these terms. "/ published inthat the use of the gear has continued ana thit thea "type of deck-handling gear. "
rovides positive ldcotuicatlon as to the
functioning of theeans of handling ammunitio This identification is confirmed by the following excerptoviet book on naval architecture, the author of which is understood to be [he designer of the SHTORM class
"Musingovayar delivery /of ammunition from its storage place. thaT is, magasine, to the guns/ by bucket conveyer, is Accomplished by means of one block on deckecond block at the bottom of the able is reeved through the block.blc hasr bosses. on lhe cable by hand the crew of thc gunanvas bag. sometimesstool" fbeaedkoy) containing three projectiles. The Cs,nvftl bag is hooked to the boss' or "musing. "
The estimates and conclusions contained in this report represent th beat judgment of thc responsible analyst aa4
Footnote references in arabic numerals are to sources listed in the Append i
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The emptyrc thrown to thc bottom. The Mcausingovaya podacha" is used primarily for loading projectiles in the magazine. Braking is done by meansand brakeriction block. Hemp ropeire core is used for
a"musingovaya podacha." The use of such a
delivery system is not always convenient on board ship, for it is necessary that all the
hatches in the decks be located in one vertical
The following sketches indicate that such gear is, or can be, used for the handling of semifixed ammunition on thc types of warships cited above.
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Sketches of "Musing" Gear as Shown,in Reference Book. 6/
Suggested Front View of Canvas Bag and Projectiles
The significance of identification of the "musing" gear lies in the fact that, by the use ofelatively primitive means for theof ammunition to the guns, the rate of fire of such gunsharply reduced. ell-trained, US Navy gun crew caliber AA gun may be expected to fireer minute (basedomputer dead timeeconds) when servicedydraulic hoisting mechanism, Soviet gun crews,omparable gun but in turn serviced by "musing" gear, might bo expected to fire not moreorojectiles per minute. Thc weak effect oflow rate of fire, particularly of AA weapons against rapidly moving targets, is obvious.
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