limber-supply

Updated: May 18, 2025

'Limber-supply, that is, use of the shells in the gun-limber, is only ordered in the last resort or in exceptional cases. Finally, when the firing position is to be changed, the gun-limbers trot up; 'Limber up' is given. The gun is hooked to the limber, and the re-united machines trot away to the new position, followed by the waggons.

Erskine Childers - In the Ranks of the C.I.V.