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Gun Making in Modern Times The Shrinking Jacket Process
A detailed look at 20th century heavy ordnance production explains how modern guns are built around a central tube with layered hoops and a jacket. It covers shrinking methods, jacket importance, and the rapid changes in U S gun factories from Washington to Waterville and Indian Head, highlighting personnel, processes, and the move to rely on peacetime imports versus domestic manufacture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thal
Fara
War Department
Navy Department
Uncle Sar
Board of
Army
Hary Offcers
Ta Mat
Atlantis
Uncle Bar
Russia
France
England
Motomac River
Washington Th C
Uig Ordnance
Watervilct
Hudson
Fational
Indian Head
Maryland
Potomac
Washington
Verchance
Ehrinking Peverza
Ehrinkagr
Simost
Akulisa
Alanka
Peter Rothet
Mata