Gun Emplacement #2

The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery numbers the guns in a Battery in succession from the right. All three of the Point Grey gun emplacements held 6 inch Breech Loading Mark VII Guns on a Mark II(L) Garrison Mounting. These guns were were deemed obsolete by the late thirties but there was little prospect of receiving upgrades in the near future so they were quickly moved out from Halifax where they had been installed since the World War I. 
Overhead camouflage was added late in the war.  
Maximum range 6" - 12,000 yards
Maximum range 4.7" - 11,800 yards (effective range with automatic sights - 6,000 yards)
Shell weight -  100 lbs
Rate of fire 4.7" - 10 rds per minute by day, 8 rds per minute by night​
The Museum of Anthropology has been built on top of the #2 gun emplacement. However, the gun emplacement can still be seen as it now suopports Bill Reid's