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
=The Rule for Making Bread= was as follows: Dig a trench a little over
a foot wide, a foot deep, and 12 feet long. Build a fire near it. Then
mix 40 quart-cups of flour with salt, baking-powder and water in a
mess-box; divide dough in ten equal parts and place each in a small
mess-pan. Cover bottom of trench with a layer of coals 3 inches; then
place on layer the pans of dough and cover same with larger pans so as
to protect from dirt, etc. Fill trench and cover tops and sides of pans
with coals. Leave for 1¼ hours. Each loaf will make four rations.
TABLE OF MOUNTAIN-ARTILLERY.
-----------------------+----------+--------+---------+-------------+
| Austria. | England. | France. |
+----------+--------+---------+-------------+
| 7 cm. | 7 pdr. | | |
| Model |Jointed |7 pdr. of| 80 mm. |
| 1875. | Model | 200 lbs.| Model |
| | 1879. | | 1878. |
-----------------------+----------+--------+---------+-------------+
_Gun._ | | | | |
| | | | |
Material |{steel | steel | steel | steel |
|{bronze | | | |
Weight, lbs. | 197 | 400 | 200 | 231.5 |
Calibre, ins. | 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.15 |
Total length, ft. | 3.28 | 5.87 | 3.41 | 3.94 |
System of obturation |{ Wedge. |{Muzzle-|{Muzzle- |{Interrupted-|
|{Broadwell|{loading|{loading |{screw de |
|{ ring. | | |{Bange. |
| | | | |
_Carriage._ | | | | |
| | | | |
Weight, without | | | | |
wheels, lbs. | 150 | 324 | 206 | 322 |
Weight, complete | | | | |
with gun | 440 | 936 | 550 | 661 |
Width of track, ins. | 27.5 | 36 | 27 | 26.8 |
Diam. of wheels, ins. | 37.4 | 36 | 36 | 37 |
Service charge, lbs. | 0.77 | 1.5 | 0.75| 0.88 |
| | | | |
_Shell, Common._ | | | | |
| | | | |
Weight (full), lbs. | 6.4 | 7 | 7.31| 12.3 |
Bursting-charge, oz.
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