=Dismount Gun.=—No. 1 removes crosshead and elevating joint pins. No. 2 replaces cork plug, passes ammunition box to No. 3, and removes gun to its original position in rear, No. 1 following with tripod, joint pins will then be pushed home, legs folded and clamped. Prone Position. =Mount Gun.=—No. 1 crawls into position, pushing tripod forward with right hand, having first adjusted front legs by turning it over and moving legs round so that they remain in a slightly backward position over the elevating wheel. When in the position ordered for mounting, he turns legs down and adjusts so as to secure a low, upright position of the crosshead. No. 2 will then move into position, on his back, carrying the gun across his body, muzzle to the front. On reaching tripod he will push muzzle towards No. 1 who will assist in mounting, and insert crosshead joint pin, No. 2 inserting elevating joint pin and removing cork plug. No. 1 will then turn into position for firing, supporting himself against the legs of No. 2. Adjust sights, load, and fire as ordered. =Out of Action.=—No. 1 will unload, Nos. 1 and 2 (in prone position) will take hold of rear leg (No. 1 with right hand, No, 2 with left), and draw gun out of action until under cover, when gun will be dismounted in the usual manner; No. 2 having drawn ammunition box back with the gun. TESTS OF ELEMENTARY TRAINING. ─────┬───────────────────────────┬─────────┬─────────────────────────── No. │ Nature of Test, with │Standard │ Remarks. of │ Commands. │ Time. │ Test.│ │ │ ─────┼───────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────────────────────── I.│To erect tripod and mount │ 20 sec. │ │ gun. “Mount Gun.” │ │ II.│To load the gun. “Load.” │ 5 sec. │All motions distinct. No │ │ │ slurring. III.│To adjust sights and lay │ 12 sec. │From range being ordered │ gun “At ... (Range) ... │ │ until No. 2 holds up his │ Object ...” │ │ hand. IV.│To unload the gun. │ 5 sec. │Motions distinct, belt │ “Unload.” │ │ correctly repacked, │ │ │ Lockspring released. V.│To dismount the gun. │ 15 sec. │All points as at beginning │ “Dismount Gun.” │ │ of Test I., and cork plug │ │ │ replaced. VI.│To bring gun into action │ 40 sec. │All points for Tests I., │ (Range ... Object ...) │ │ II. and III. to be │ “Action.” │ │ fulfilled. Time taken │ │ │ until No. 2 holds up his │ │ │ hand. VII.│Horizontal Traversing │ 3 sec. │ │ (Limits of Traverse). │for each │ │ “Traversing Fire.” │complete │