The common shell are painted black, the shrapnel red, and the canister are unpainted.
Accessories and Spare Parts.
The following accessories and spare parts are supplied with each gun, carriage, and limber:
GUN.
- 1 breech-cover, russet leather
- 1 muzzle-cover, russet leather
- 1 gunner's haversack, containing:
- 1 breech-sight
- 1 gunner's quadrant in case
- 1 lanyard
- 1 Universal fuze-wrench
- 1 cannoneer's haversack, containing:
- 1 spare extractor
- 1 spare stop-bolt
- 1 spare spring-washer
- 1 dismounting-pin
- 1 drift
- 1 oil-can
- 2 cleaning-brushes
- 1 screw-driver
- 1 fuze-wrench
- 1 pair of cutting-pliers
- 1 vent-cleaner
GUN-CARRIAGE.
- 1 pair of shafts
- 1 sponge and rod
- 1 sponge-cover
- 2 brake-ropes
PRAIRIE LIMBER.
- 4 ammunition-chests
- 4 fuze-cases
- 1 pair of shafts
- 1 felling-axe
- 1 pick-axe
- 1 shovel
- 1 waterproof paulin 13′ x 6½′
- 1 picket-rope and prolonge 20′ long