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
=Double-tree= (1) (_h_).--Made of steel. Hooks at either end for
attachment of single-trees. Hole in centre for attachment to limber by
double-tree bolt.
=Double-tree Bolt-strap= (_i_).--Riveted to fork and supports the
pole. Double-tree bolt, bolt-strap, and pole-prop eye one piece.
=Single-trees= (2).--Made of steel with eye for attachment to
double-tree hooks; hooks at ends for trace attachment.
=Oil-and Grease-can Compartment.=--A flanged plate of sheet iron under
the foot-boards riveted to the fork and right hound.
=Pole-prop=[6] (1).--Permanently secured to the eye on bottom of the
double-tree bolt-strap.
=Pole-prop Strap= (1).--For holding up pole-prop, near pole-stop.
=Pole-bolt= (1) (_e_).--Passes through the fork, the flanges of the
double-tree bolt-brace and the pole securing it to the fork.
=Pole-stop and Support= (1).--A flanged piece of plate metal (riveted
to fork-flanges) on and against which the pole is supported.
=Double-tree Bolt-brace= (1).--A flanged plate with holes in front
for double-tree bolt and through the flanges for pole-bolt. It also
forms the catch for the foot-board latch.
=Pintle= (1) (_c_).--For connecting the carriage-body bolted between
the fork-flanges.
=Pintle-key= (1) (_d_).--For securing the lunette.
=Pintle-key Chain= (1).--For securing the pintle-key to the limber.
=Pintle Brace-rods= (2).--From the rear hound understrap-bolts to the
rear pintle-body bolt.
=Hound Brace-rods= (2).--From the front pintle-body bolt to the
ring-bolt of primer-and obturator-boxes.
=Primer-and Obturator-boxes= (2) (_n_).--Two water-tight cylindrical
boxes with screw-lids, bolted through the bottoms to the axle, and by
a ring-bolt to the hounds, for carrying unbroken boxes of primers and
spare obturators.
=Ammunition-chest, Wood= (_l_).--Ironed, with corrugated-iron plate
on back. It is covered with duck, and the lid is secured, when down,
by hasp and turnkey. Three compartments: end ones for projectiles,
21 in each; middle for 44 cartridges and two haversacks. The packing
divisions for projectiles are of cast bronze.
ON GUN-AND CAISSON-LIMBERS CAN BE CARRIED:
Two paulins On and strapped to chest-lid;
ordinarily not carried on
caisson-limbers.
Two spare obturators, or }In water-tight cylindrical boxes
two or more (depending } under the chest; ordinarily not
on size) boxes of } carried on caisson-limbers.
primers, or one obturator}
and one or more boxes of }
primers. }
One oiler, one tool-box, {In compartment under the foot-boards;
one wheel-grease can with { wheel-grease can only ordinarily
spatula. { carried on caisson-limbers.
One pole-prop for end of { Under foot-boards, left-hand side,
pole (now replaced by { between chest and axle.
sheet-metal prop.) {
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