Munitions Factory 1915

A scene in a British munitions factory, owned by Vickers Ltd. Shown here is the process of nosing a shell. Metal cylinders are heated in a furnace by the man shown in the foreground. He passes them to the next man along, who puts the glowing end beneath a press which gives the cylinder the conical head on which the percussion or fuse cap is ultimately fixed. Behind the workers may be seen walls of shells

Cylinder Cylinders Fortunino Furnace Matania Munition Munitions Nosing Shells Supplying

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