Bedding
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A bed (also called a bed ) is a solid base, e.g. for guns , small arms or machines .
Handguns
In the case of handguns , bedding describes the precise fit of the barrel and system in the stock of a weapon .
military
In military technology , wood and stone are used to prevent artillery gun wheels from sinking into the ground. In the case of gun emplacements of longer duration, as was customary in the past for siege technology , beds were necessary if the guns did not have frame mounts.
In the so-called “emergency bedding”, wooden planks were used to support the two wheels and the gun tail. The wooden planks were then fastened with stakes.
The so-called “entire bedding” consisted of beam-like wood (“ribs”) being sunk into the ground parallel to the direction of fire and planks being fastened across it with the help of nails.
Transportable bedding is often used for field howitzers and field mortars .
railroad
On railway lines, the bedding in which the sleepers lie is called the track bed or rail bed . Track and bedding are combined with the term superstructure . Here the bedding consists of gravel , which is rain-permeable, but in the case of the slab of concrete or asphalt , on which the precipitation is diverted in other ways.