Article 16.
GIBRALTAR GYN.
The Gibraltar gyn is principally used for mounting, and dismounting guns, and howitzers on, and from standing carriages. It weighs 10¾ cwt., and can support three tons with safety.
The following stores are required for the service of the gyn:—
One fall, of 3½-inch white rope, eight fathoms long.
Two lashings for slinging the gun, of 2½-inch tarred rope, each twenty feet long.
One stopper, about 5½ feet long, of 2½-inch tarred rope, more than one half plaited as a gasket.
One iron triple block, with brass sheaves, to which is attached a bar of iron 2½ feet long, for suspending the gun, its ends turned up to prevent the slings slipping off.
Four common handspikes. Two dragropes.
One non-commissioned officer and six men are allowed for working the gyn, numbered as usual.