This appears to be a spring loaded hinge in the trails and not a fixed bend in the structure here.
This device appears to flatten out when the gun is emplaced. So the springs appear to compress. Might this structure actually flex while being towed over bumps and ruts???
Flat when on the ground.
Cannot decide if these springs are pulling or pushing. They are wound like screen door springs which would indicate they are pulling and not pushing, (Resisting expansion)
Just trying to understand how these mechanisms actually worked here. I guess I had hopes someone might have an illustrated TM on this weapon. (Of course it would then be in German which might not tell me all that much.)
Model part: Photo found online.
