Abstract: Delicate equipment is mounted on a carrier such as a vessel or a vehicle by means of shock absorbers which are spring biased to an accurately defined position in which the equipment is rigidly fastened to the carrier. When the carrier is subjected to a shock force exceeding the biasing of the shock absorbers, the rigid connection is released and the equipment thus protected against damaging forces.Each shock absorber has a single compression spring which is compressed by an axial force on the shock absorber regardless of the direction of the force.At least three parallel, vertical shock absorbers carry the equipment. Horizontal shocks are absorbed due to the tilting movement of the equipment relative to the shock absorbers, which are thus subjected to vertical movements in opposite directions.