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- West_Spring_Gun height "2235.2".
- West_Spring_Gun length "1816.1".
- West_Spring_Gun weight "128.8224".
- West_Spring_Gun width "469.9".
- West_Spring_Gun abstract "The West Spring Gun was a bomb-throwing catapult used by British, Canadian and Australian forces during World War I. It was designed to throw a hand grenade in a high trajectory into enemy trenches. It consisted of a metal frame supporting a throwing arm powered by 24 metal springs. It was invented by Captain Allen West in 1915 and manufactured by the Reason Manufacturing Company of Brighton, which was granted a patent for the device on 19 October of that year. Although called a catapult, it was a hybrid of a ballista and a trebuchet. It required a crew of five - three to compress the springs, one to load the bomb, and one to fire as soon as the fuse was lit or the grenade pin was pulled.In tests, it could throw Mills bomb about 240 yd (220 m) or a 7 lb (3.2 kg) projectile about 80 yd (73 m) with a flight time of 6 or 7 seconds. In the field it generally threw a Jam Tin Grenade, No. 15 Ball grenade, No. 21 "Spherical" grenade or No. 28 chemical grenade, equipped with a slightly longer fuse (typically 9 seconds) to ensure to reached the enemy trench before exploding. It was used in combat by, amongst others, the 50th (Northumbrian) Division and the 1st Canadian Division in the Second Battle of Ypres and by Australian forces in the Gallipoli Campaign. It was generally considered to be large and cumbersome and "generally more unwieldy" than the Leach Trench Catapult. Many operators, including Captain West himself, lost fingers in the mechanism. The throw could also be unpredictable, with the bomb sometimes landing near the thrower.Production of this and other trench catapults was officially halted in 1916, being replaced by the 2 inch Medium Trench Mortar and Stokes mortar.".
- West_Spring_Gun height "2.2352".
- West_Spring_Gun length "1.8161".
- West_Spring_Gun origin United_Kingdom.
- West_Spring_Gun type Catapult.
- West_Spring_Gun usedInWar World_War_I.
- West_Spring_Gun weight "128822.4".
- West_Spring_Gun width "0.4699".
- West_Spring_Gun wikiPageExternalLink RELAWM05152.
- West_Spring_Gun wikiPageExternalLink 30022876.
- West_Spring_Gun wikiPageID "39248081".
- West_Spring_Gun wikiPageRevisionID "564060162".
- West_Spring_Gun crew "5".
- West_Spring_Gun designDate "1915".
- West_Spring_Gun designer "Captain Allen West".
- West_Spring_Gun isArtillery "yes".
- West_Spring_Gun isExplosive "yes".
- West_Spring_Gun isRanged "yes".
- West_Spring_Gun isUk "yes".
- West_Spring_Gun manufacturer "Reason Manufacturing Company".
- West_Spring_Gun name "West Spring Gun".
- West_Spring_Gun productionDate "1915".
- West_Spring_Gun service "1915".
- West_Spring_Gun type Catapult.
- West_Spring_Gun wars World_War_I.
- West_Spring_Gun subject Category:Chemical_weapon_delivery_systems.
- West_Spring_Gun subject Category:Grenade_launchers.
- West_Spring_Gun subject Category:Projectile_weapons.
- West_Spring_Gun subject Category:World_War_I_British_infantry_weapons.
- West_Spring_Gun type Device.
- West_Spring_Gun type Weapon.
- West_Spring_Gun type Product.
- West_Spring_Gun type DesignedArtifact.
- West_Spring_Gun comment "The West Spring Gun was a bomb-throwing catapult used by British, Canadian and Australian forces during World War I. It was designed to throw a hand grenade in a high trajectory into enemy trenches. It consisted of a metal frame supporting a throwing arm powered by 24 metal springs. It was invented by Captain Allen West in 1915 and manufactured by the Reason Manufacturing Company of Brighton, which was granted a patent for the device on 19 October of that year.".
- West_Spring_Gun label "West Spring Gun".
- West_Spring_Gun sameAs m.0t_dwb3.
- West_Spring_Gun sameAs Q15991027.
- West_Spring_Gun sameAs Q15991027.
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- West_Spring_Gun isPrimaryTopicOf West_Spring_Gun.
- West_Spring_Gun name "West Spring Gun".