The bombardier, and pocket gunnerAdye, Ralph Willett
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The bombardier, and pocket gunner
Adye, Ralph Willett
Artillery -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Artillery drill and tactics
| Copper 2 ” | — | 1 | — | — |
| measures 1 ” | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| for powder. 4 lbs. to ¼ oz. | — | — | — | 1 |
| sets | | | | |
+---------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|Thumb stalls | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
|Perpendicular | — | — | — | 1 |
|Quadrant of brass | — | — | — | 1 |
|Diagonal scale | — | — | — | 1 |
|Copper salting box | — | — | — | 1 |
|Pincers for draw’g fuzes, pairs | — | — | — | 1 |
|Sheepskins | — | — | — | 2 |
|Funnels of copper | — | — | — | 1 |
|Compasses of steel, pairs | — | — | — | 1 |
|Saw, tenant | — | — | — | 1 |
|Files, square | — | — | — | 3 |
|Rasps, half round | — | — | — | 2 |
|Flax, oz. | — | — | — | 8 |
|Tow, oz. | — | — | — | 4 |
|Saw set | — | — | — | 1 |
|Mallets of wood | — | — | — | 1 |
|Setters do. | — | — | — | 2 |
+---------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
[1] The 12 Prs. which have a small box on their limbers, carry 6 round
shot and 2 case shot, with 6 cartridges of 4 lbs. and 2 of 3 1-2 lbs.
of powder, more than the above proportion.
This proportion of ammunition and stores is carried in
the following manner:
12 Pr. } Has no limber boxes,[2] but has two waggons
MEDIUM, } attached to it, and the ammunition and stores
} divided between them.
6 Pr. } Carries 36 round, and 14 case shot in limber
HEAVY, } boxes, with a proportion of the small stores;
} and the remainder is carried in one waggon.
} Carries 34 round, and 16 case shot on the limber,
6 Pr } with a proportion of the small stores for
LIGHT, } immediate service; and, if acting separately,
} must have a waggon attached to it, to carry the
} remainder. But two 6 pounders, attached to a
} battalion, have only one waggon between them.
} Has 22 shells, 4 case shot, and two carcasses in
5½ HOW’R } the limber boxes, with such of the small stores
LIGHT, } as are required for immediate service; and has
} two waggons attached to carry the rest.
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