The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley.

  • Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Date:
1886
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Credit: The soldier's pocket-book for field service / by General Viscount Wolseley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    50] The guns used in the field are as follows :— Nature of Gun. B.L.R. 20 pdr Armstrong . Do. 12 do 9 do 16 pdr (wrought iron) 13 do. do. 12 do. do. 9 do. do. Do. M.L.R. Do. B.L.R. M.L.R. Do. Do. Do. 7 pdr (steel) for raoun tain service do. do. 2 * 5 in. do. screw O lbs. 1792 896 672 1355 896 784 896 ' ri , O 120 o E. X rt U > 3 c o o & T3 o § Ch T3 c <•» V 150 400 in. lbs. 3*75 358i 3*00 2240 3’oo 2128 3'60 2700 3*00 2240 3*00 3*00 i 2240 3*00; 345 3 00 2*5 I 417 12 c ~ 2 £ § w £ X -/) 5 <u y X bO 3 150 T3-- C ~ 3 T3 O C & O *3 v- O <U X X ^ E 3 £ 40 lbs. | lbs. ■ • I 5425 ! 43 19041 4144 1600!3750 1916 1916 1888 4228 3724 i .. 1701 3941 108 90 90 72 j 06 pc lbs. 4256 4844 4540 4732 5032 4032 4506 3c yd 35: 34 30 34- 40 35 77” A- M. L. converted gun of 70 cud. of wrought iron with tou.: steel tube • total L. 9' 10 : cal. 6-6 : twist of rifling increasing frc 1 turn in too cals, at breech to 1 in 3S cals, at 13-2 (2 cals.) from muzz remainder uniform at 1 in 35 cals. Ammtn. common shell empty 91 ff ^as check 3 lbs. x of; B. C. 5 lbs. 9 : towl wt- hUed T°° 1 The battering shill is 3h lbs. heavier, the B. C. being that quantity less the total wt. when filled is still 100 lbs. The charges 25 lbs. P. powd M V 1416 ft. secs. Range 2000 yds. at 30 8 : 3000 yds. at 5 30 '4°°°} otoc'and trooo vds at if 32'. The carnage is the siege H. P. (hydi pneumatic) on the Moncrieff system, the gun recoiling below the parapet tc K and, in doing so, storing up in compressed air sufficient force to rr ° a-ain to the firing position. When in firing position H. o centre o j1 o.fn t0 loading position 5' 2, and when travelling 4' 4'\ track of wheels 5 6-6 in K M L. Howitzer 0/36 cwt. of wrought iron with tough s- mhe total L goV': cal. 6‘6 : twist of rifling from 1 in 94 cals at bre ■ mbr in Qs at muzzle. Ammtn. common shell empty 91 lbs 6 oz.;