Fig. 137.
3. Commence and continue the digging as prescribed in the construction of the French gun-pit.
The pockets aa are for the reception of ammunition.
4. The ramp is laid out and completed after the pit is finished, or simultaneously with it, as may be most desirable.
An ordinary gun detachment can construct this pit in one hour.
THE AUSTRIAN GUN-PIT.
A simple rectangular pit one and a half feet deep, with front epaulement and ramp.
Construction.—Constructed similarly to the German, the earth from the pit being thrown to the front.