| Length, Weight, Calibre, Charge, &c., of Ordnance. | |||||||||||
| Length. | Charges. | Shot* Shell. | |||||||||
| Nature of | In feet | In | Weight. | Calibre. | Service. | Proof. | High | Low | |||
| piece. | and inches. | Calibres. | gauge. | gauge. | |||||||
| ft. | in. | cwt. | inches. | lb. | oz. | lb. | oz. | inches. | inches. | ||
| CARRONADES. | |||||||||||
| 68 Pr. | 5 | 4 | 7·9 | 36 | 8·05 | 5 | 13 | 7·95 | 7·9 | ||
| 42 | 4 | 6 | 7·8 | 22 | 6·84 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6·79 | 6·72 | |
| 32 | 4 | 7·6 | 17 | 6·25 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6·2 | 6·14 | ||
| 24 | 3 | 9 | 7·9 | 13 | 5·68 | 2 | 6 | 5·63 | 5·58 | ||
| 18 | 3 | 4 | 7·7 | 10 | 5·16 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5·12 | 5·07 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | 7· | 6 | 4·52 | 1 | 3 | 4·47 | 4·43 | ||
| IRON HOWITZERS. | |||||||||||
| 10-inch | 5 | 6· | 40 | 10· | 7 | 7 | 9·88 | 9·8 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 6· | 20 | 8· | 4 | 4 | 7·9 | 7·82 | |||
| IRON MORTARS. | |||||||||||
| 13-inch | 4 | 5 | 4· | 100 | 13· | 20 | 11 | 12·88 | 12·8 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 5 | 2·8 | 36 | 13· | 9 | 12·88 | 12·8 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 9 | 4·5 | 52 | 10· | 9 | 8 | 9·88 | 9·8 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 9 | 4·5 | 41 | 10· | 9 | 8 | 9·88 | 9·8 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 4 | 2·8 | 16 | 10· | 4 | 9·88 | 9·8 | |||
| 8 | 1 | 10 | 2·7 | 8 | 8· | 2 | 7·9 | 7·82 | |||
| BRASS GUNS. | |||||||||||
| 12 Pr.† | 6 | 6 | 17· | 18 | 4·62 | 4 | 5 | 4·47 | 4·43 | ||
| 9 Pr. | 6 | 17· | 13½ | 4·2 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4·1 | 4·06 | |
| 6 ‡ | 5 | 16·3 | 6 | 3·66 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3·56 | 3·53 | ||
| 3 † | 4 | 16·4 | 3 | 2·91 | 12 | 1 | 2·83 | 2·8 | |||
| 3 † | 3 | 12·3 | 2¼ | 2·91 | 10 | 1 | 2·83 | 2·8 | |||
| 1 | 5 | 29·8 | 2½ | 2·01 | 6 | 12 | 1·99 | 1·92 | |||
| BRASS HOWITZERS. | |||||||||||
| 32 Pr. | 5 | 3 | 10·5 | 18 | 6·3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6·2 | 6·1 |
| 24 | 4 | 8·6 | 9·8 | 13 | 5·72 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 5·62 | 5·57 |
| 12¼ | 3 | 9·2 | 9·8 | 6½ | 4·58 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4·47 | 4·43 |
| 4⅖ | 1 | 10 | 4·8 | 2½ | 4·52 | 8 | 8 | 4·47 | 4·43 | ||
| BRASS MORTARS. | |||||||||||
| 10-inch | 2 | 3 | 2·7 | 12¼ | 10· | 4 | 9·88 | 9·8 | |||
| 8 | 1 | 9 | 2·6 | 6½ | 8· | 2 | 7·9 | 7·82 | |||
| 5½ | 1 | 3 | 2·6 | 1¼ | 5·62 | 7 | 5·62 | 5·57 | |||
| 4⅖ | 1 | 0 | 2·6 | ¾ | 4·52 | 5 | 4·47 | 4·43 | |||
| * Shot for guns: Shells for howitzers and mortars. | † Medium. | ‡ Long. | |||||||||
CARRIAGES.
Garrison carriages are made of oak and other hard wood. Trucks iron; but in those situations which are not exposed to enfilade, the carriages are cast iron.
Ship carriages.—The Brackets and Transoms are elm, Axletrees oak, Trucks elm.
Field gun carriages.—All Travelling carriages are now made entirely of oak. The Carriages, for the heavy iron 12 and 9-pounders with bracket-trail, and also for all heavy battering ordnance, are made of oak. Limbers have the axletree beds of oak; Futchells, Splinter, or Sweeping-bar, of ash; Foot-boards, fir or elm. Limber boxes have the sides elm, and the rest fir. Ring-tires are used for light 3-pounders and hand-cart wheels. Shafts are always made of ash. Wheels have the Nave of elm, Spokes (12) of oak, Felloes (6) of ash.
Sleighs are used for the conveyance of artillery, during the winter, in Canada.[7] The sleigh consists of a platform six feet ten inches long, and three feet ten inches wide, placed on runners sixteen inches high; upon this rest two strong transoms, to which the brackets supporting the gun are secured. A box, distinct from the ammunition boxes, is placed on each side of the gun, together capable of containing about thirty rounds of ammunition, and which serve as seats for Nos. 1 and 6. These boxes usually contain the shot, and small stores carried in the axletree boxes, as well as long reins for driving, when in single draught. The extreme breadth of the runners is three feet.
Packing the Intrenching tools, &c.
Marching order.—In marching order, the following stores and intrenching tools are on the gun sleighs; two fitting ropes, one spare swingletree; swords of Nos. 1 and 6 on front platform under breast of gun, claw hammer, wrench, and pincers; in sockets, two portfire sticks on right rear of platform.
On No. 1 ammunition sleigh; two fitting ropes, prolonge, two spare swingletrees, and sword of No. 3, on front part of platform; carbines of No. 1 and 6, on front box; spare sponge, and worm on platform right of boxes; spare handspike on left side; 4 spare traces between front and rear boxes; swords of Nos. 4 and 5 on platform in rear of boxes, covered by knapsacks of Nos. 1, 6, 5, and 4. The knapsacks are strapped from off-handle of off-box to rear handle of rear box.