Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "Type 1936A / Narvik class - Guide 298" video.

  1. Imagine trying to manhandle 100 pound shells from the ammunition hoist to the breech in a seaway - lots of broken fingers, smashed hands, and broken toes from dopped shells. From NAVWEAPS "Although this was a powerful gun for a destroyer, it had a slow rate of fire for a destroyer weapon and was really not suitable for such a small ship. The heavy weight of the shells was also a problem as the gun mountings lacked power assist, meaning that the shells had to be manually fed into the breech. As these guns were used primarily in open mountings, bad weather greatly hampered their operation."
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  2.  @TTTT-oc4eb  That means the breech is closed automatically by a powerful spring when a round is inserted manually into the breech. When the gun fires, the recoil causes a cam surface opens the breech, ejects fling the case out and the breech locks in place ready for the next round. it does NOT mean the rounds are loaded into some sort of magazine and mechanically loaded from there.
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  3.  @TTTT-oc4eb  Here'a a video showing a semi-automatic breech on a tank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovO9MwX5LlU
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