The lids of these chests are fastened with hasps and turnbuckles. They can be locked with the ordinary padlock. A wiping-rod of brass is fastened to the under side of the stock.
THE LIMBER.
The limber is principally of metal. The axle and wheels are the same as in the carriage.
The limber-chest and lid are of Bessemer steel reinforced by angle-irons. The interior of the chest is divided by steel plates into three compartments for carrying ammunition. The centre one is subdivided by wooden partitions for carrying feed-drums.
The lid is fastened in the same manner as those on the axle-chests.
The following is the capacity of the limber-chest:
| Right and left compartments, 132 packages, each of 20 cartridges | 5280 | cartridges | |
| 4 feed-drums of 104 cartridges each | 416 | " | |
| Front centre compartment, 38 packages of 20 cartridges each | 760 | " | |
| These with the four feed-drums in the axle-chest | 416 | " | |
| Would give | 6872 | " | |
| Weight of piece | 237 | lbs. | |
| Weight of gun-carriage with chest and tools, without feed-cylinders | 594 | " | |
| Weight of limber and chest | 754 | " | |
| Weight of ammunition and chest | 230 | " | |
| Weight of one wheel | 106 | " | |
| Weight of feed-cylinder (filled) | 24½ | " | |