Assertion: artillery | /r/HasProperty | fired
Facets:
value: from the side
type: MANNER
value: from the vehicle
type: OTHER
value: directly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: This meant the gun did not have to be repositioned after each time it was fired.
text: Artillery may be fired directly or indirectly.
text: The non-commissioned officer in charge of the position-finder watches for the appearance of the ship in the field of view of his telescope, and when she arrives at the cross wires presses a button, and the guns are fired.
text: The gun could either be fired from the vehicle, or removed and set up as normal.
text: This was dangerous and made accurate shooting from a moving ship difficult, as the gun had to be fired from the side, to avoid its recoil, and there was a noticeable delay between the application of the linstock and the gun firing.
text: The shells were equipped with a fuse which ignited automatically when the gun was fired.
text: Canister was a cylinder filled with balls packed in sawdust; when the gun was fired, the cylinder disintegrated and the balls fanned out as if from a giant shotgun.
text: When the gun was loaded, and ready to be fired, the #4 man of the gun crew would insert a friction primer into the vent, attach the hook of the lanyard to the loop of the primer, back away the 12 feet that the length of the cord was and wait for the command to fire given by the gunner.