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CHAPTER X
RECOIL AND RECOIL BRAKES
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Recoil and Recoil Brakes.

General Considerations
Design of Brakes
Forces Acting During Recoil
General Features of Hydraulic Brakes
Turret Type Hydraulic Brakes
Intermediate and Minor Caliber Hydraulic Brakes
General Features of Counter-Recoil Mechanisms
Spring Counter-Recoil Systems
Spring-Pneumatic Counter-Recoil Systems
Pneumatic Counter-Recoil Systems