“The extra bit the gun recoiled or went back in its carriage, due to being against rock and not earth, made the breech hit the trail sufficiently hard to seriously damage the machinery and make repair necessary. This chance accident was fortunate; as Oswald said, ‘the luck of the British Army is to discover things in time.’”
Using failure as an impetus to fix and improve. Makes me think of Sam Alaimo article about the use of failure. substack.com/@whatthen/p-149972967
This 3.7” QF may still be in service by Nepal.
“The extra bit the gun recoiled or went back in its carriage, due to being against rock and not earth, made the breech hit the trail sufficiently hard to seriously damage the machinery and make repair necessary. This chance accident was fortunate; as Oswald said, ‘the luck of the British Army is to discover things in time.’”
Using failure as an impetus to fix and improve. Makes me think of Sam Alaimo article about the use of failure. substack.com/@whatthen/p-149972967