Handbook for Light ArtilleryDyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)
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Handbook for Light Artillery
Dyer, A. B. (Alexander Brydie)
Artillery, Field and mountain
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[Part 2 of Table.]
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Range.| Fuze- |Angle|Rem.
| scale.|of |Veloc.
| |Fall.|
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Yards.|Inches.| ° ′|Feet.
0 | 0.00 | 0 0| 853
100 | 0.14 | | 842
200 | 0.34 | | 831
300 | 0.55 | | 821
400 | 0.76 | | 811
500 | 0.99 | 2 10| 801
600 | 1.22 | | 791
700 | 1.46 | | 782
800 | 1.69 | | 773
900 | 1.91 | | 764
1000 | 2.12 | 4 32| 755
1100 | 2.33 | | 746
1200 | 2.54 | | 737
1300 | 2.75 | | 728
1400 | 2.95 | | 719
1500 | 3.16 | 7 19| 710
1600 | 3.36 | | 702
1700 | 3.57 | | 694
1800 | 3.78 | | 686
1900 | 3.99 | | 678
2000 | 4.20 |10 44| 670
2100 | | | 662
2200 | | | 654
2300 | | | 646
2400 | | | 638
2500 | |14 39| 630
2600 | | | 623
2700 | | | 616
2800 | | | 609
2900 | | | 601
3000 | |19 27| 594
3100 | | | 587
3200 | | | 580
3300 | | | 573
3400 | | | 567
3500 | |25 3| 560
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(From Hotchkiss Pamphlet.)
SUGGESTED ORGANIZATION OF A 3-INCH HOTCHKISS MOUNTAIN-BATTERY.
The organization is made on the same principles as those of the
1.65-inch mountain-battery.
The section, consisting of one piece, requires for its service and
transport ten men and nine pack-animals. Of the men, gunner and Nos.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 as cannoneers; 7, 8, 9, attend animals. The
pack-animals are distributed as follows:
1 gun-mule.
1 carriage-mule.
1 wheel, shafts, and accessory mule.
6 ammunition-mules.
The proportion of each kind of ammunition carried will depend upon the
nature of the campaign, but in general each ammunition-chest should
contain five shrapnel, two common shell, and one canister, making a
total allowance per gun:
60 shrapnel with combination fuzes.
24 common shell with percussion-fuzes.
12 canister.
A full battery should consist of six pieces, and should comprise, in
addition to the equipment of six sections:
1 pioneer outfit, with mule and driver.
1 mountain-forge, with mule and driver.
2 artificer's chests, containing farrier's, wheelwright's, and
saddler's tools, with mule and driver.
2 chests with farrier's, wheelwright's, and saddler's supplies, one
spare wheel, with mule and driver.
1 spare carriage complete, with two mules and one driver.
3 ammunition-chests, with small-arms ammunition and small stores, with
mule.
=Equipments.=--Gunner's pouch; No. 1, primer-pouch; Nos. 2, 3 and 4
cartridge-pouches. =Duties.=--Gunner commands; limbers and unlimbers;
sets the sight; points, and superintends service of ammunition.
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