Abstract: The invention simulates the recoil of artillery to give gun crews in traig a more realistic environment than is possible with dummy ammunition. A hydraulic jack, spring-biased in one direction of reciprocation, is connected to move the gun barrel through the recoil-counterrecoil cycle. Electric controls for the hydraulic jack are triggered by the projectile as it exits the barrel, propelled by a greatly reduced powder charge but having a size and weight closely similar to that of a combat round. Thus the system is electric-over-hydraulic. An electric motor-driven pump and an accumulator provide the pressure and solenoid-operated valves control the oil flow.