FRANCE.
The Horse-artillery Gun.—Calibre, 3.14 in.; weight, 8.4 cwt.; muzzle velocity, 1600 ft.-sec.; shrapnel with 2-oz. bursting-charge in head, 13.8 lbs. Weights behind the teams, including men carried: gun, 4251 lbs.; caisson, 4424 lbs.
The ammunition per gun with battery is 142 rounds.
The Field-artillery Gun.—Calibre, 3.54 in.; weight, 8.4 cwt.; muzzle velocity, 1500 ft.-sec.; shrapnel with bursting-charge in head, 19 lbs. Weights behind teams, including the men carried: gun, 5248 lbs.; caisson, 5404 lbs.
There are 142 rounds of ammunition per gun with battery.
A steel shell filled with 3 lbs. of cresylite is contemplated, of which about 75 will be carried with the battery.
There are 6 guns, 9 caissons, 1 store, 1 forge, and 1 forge-wagon in a battery.
The field-artillery gun now being introduced has a calibre of 2.95 inches, and fires a projectile weighing in the vicinity of 12 pounds.