The hand-book of artillery

by Joseph Roberts

Ranges of Field Guns and Howitzers.

KIND OF PIECE.	Powder.	Ball.	Elevation	Range	Remarks.
	lbs.		deg. min	yds.
6-Pounder Field Gun	1.25	Shot.	0	318
		“	1	647	P. B. Range
		“	2	867
		“	3	1138
		“	4	1256
		“	5	1523
	1.	Sph. case	2	650	Time of flight 2”
		“	2 30	840	do.3”
		“	3	1050	do.4”
12-Pounder Field Gun	2.5	Shot.	0	347
		“	1	662	P. B. Range
		“	1 30	785
		“	2	909
		“	3	1269
		“	4	1455
		“	5	1663
	1.5	Sph. case	1	670	Time 2 seconds.
		“	1 45	950	“  3  “
		“	2 30	1250	“  4  “
12-Pounder Field Howitzer.	1.	Shell.	0	195
		“	1	539
		“	2	640
		“	3	847
		“	4	975
		“	5	1072
	0.75	Sph. case	2 15	485	Time 2 seconds.
		“	3 15	715	“  3  “
		“	3 45	1050	“  4  “
24-Pounder Field Howitzer.	2.	Shell.	0	295
		“	1	516
		“	2	793
		“	3	976
		“	4	1272
		“	5	1322
	1.75	Sph. case	2	600	Time 2 seconds.
		“	3	800	“  3  “
		“	5 30	1050	“  4  “
	2.	“	3 30	880	“  5  “
32-Pounder Field Howitzer.	2.5	Shell.	0	290
		“	1	531
		“	2	779
		“	3	1029
		“	4	1203
		“	5	1504
	2.5	Sph. case.	3	800	Time 2¾ sec’ds.
Mountain Howitzer.	0.5	Shell.	0	170
		“	1	300
		“	2	392
		“	2 30	500	Time 2 seconds.
		“	3	637
		“	4	785	Time 3 seconds.
		“	5	1005
	0.5	Sph. case.	0	150
		“	2 30	450	Time 2 seconds.
		“	3	500
		“	4	700	Time 2¾ sec’ds.
		“	4 30	800	Time 3 seconds.
	0.5	Canister.	4 to 5°	250

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Ranges of Heavy Artillery.

KIND OF PIECE.	Powder.	Ball.	Elevation	Range	Remarks.
	lbs.		deg. min	yds.
18-Pdr. Siege and Garrison Gun  on Barbette Carriage.	4.5	Shot.	1	641
		“	1 30	800	Point-Blank.
		“	2	950
		“	3	1256
		“	4	1450
		“	5	1592
24-Pdr. Siege and Garrison Gun  on Siege Carriage.	6.	Shot.	0	412
		“	1	842
		“	1 30	953	Point-Blank.
		“	2	1147
		“	3	1417
		“	4	1666
		“	5	1901
	8.	“	1	883
		“	2	1170
		“	3	1454
		“	4	1639
		“	5	1834
32-Pdr. Sea-Coast Gun on  Barbette Carriage.	6.	Shot.	1 45	900
	8.	“	1	713
		“	1 30	800
		“	1 35	900
		“	2	1100
		“	3	1433
		“	4	1684
		“	5	1922
	10.67	“	1	780
		“	2	1155
		“	3	1517

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KIND OF PIECE.	Powder.	Ball.	Elevation	Range	Remarks.
	lbs.		deg. min	yds.
42-Pdr. Sea-Coast Gun on  Barbette Carriage.	10.5	Shot.	1	775
		“	1 30	860
		“	2	1010
		“	3	1300
		“	4	1600
		“	5	1955
	14.5	“	1	770
		“	2	1128
		“	3	1380
		“	4	1687
		“	5	1915
8-in. Siege Howitzer on  Siege Carriage.	4.	45-lb. Shell.	0	251	Time ⅔ sec’ds.
		“	1	435	“  1⅓ “
		“	2	618	“  2  “
		“	3	720	“  3  “
		“	4	992	“  4  “
		“	5	1241	“  5  “
		“	12 30	2280
24-Pdr. Iron Howitzer on a  Flank Casemate Carriage.	2.	17-lb. Shell.	0	295
		“	1	516
		“	5	1322
	1¾	Sph. case.	2	600	Time 2 seconds.
		“	5 30	880	“  4  “
	2.	“	3 30	1050	“  3  “
8-in. Sea-Coast Howitzer on  a Barbette Carriage.	4.	45-lb. Shell.	1	405
		“	2	652
		“	3	875
		“	4	1110
		“	5	1300
	6.	“	1	572
		“	2	828
		“	3	947
		“	4	1168
		“	5	1463
	8.	“	1	646
		“	2	909
		“	3	1190
		“	4	1532
		“	5	1800
10-in. Sea-Coast Howitzer  on Barbette Carriage.	12.	90-lb. Shell.	1	580
		“	2	891	Time 3 sec’ds.
		“	3	1185	“  4  “
		“	3 30	1300
		“	4	1426	“ 5¼ “
		“	5	1650	“  6  “

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KIND OF PIECE.	Powder.	Ball.	Elevation	Range	Remarks.
	lbs.		deg. min	yds.
8-in. Columbiad on  Barbette Carriage.	10.	65-lb. Shot.	1	932	Axis of gun
		“	2	1116	16 feet above
		“	3	1402	the water.
		“	4	1608
		“	5	1847
		“	6	2010
		“	8	2397	Shot ceased to
		“	10	2834	ricochet on
		“	15	3583	the water.
		“	20	4322
		“	25	4875
		“	27	4481
	15.	“	27 30	4812
	10.	50-lb. Shell.	1	919
		“	2	1209
		“	3	1409
		“	4	1697
		“	5	1813
		“	6	1985
		“	8	2203
		“	10	2657
		“	15	3556
		“	20	3716
		“	25	4387
		“	27	4171
	15.	“	27 30	4468
10-in. Columbiad on  Barbette Carriage.	18.	128-lb. Sht.	0	394	Axis of gun
		“	1	752	16 feet above
		“	2	1002	the water.
		“	3	1230
		“	4	1570
		“	5	1814
		“	6	2037	Shot ceased to
		“	8	2519	ricochet on
		“	10	2777	the water.
		“	15	3525
		“	20	4020
		“	25	4304
		“	30	4761
		“	35	5433
	20.	“	39 15	5654
	12.	100-lb. Shell.	1	800
		“	2	1012
		“	3	1184
		“	4	1443
		“	5	1604
	18.	“	0	448
		“	1	747
		“	2	1100
		“	3	1239
		“	4	1611
		“	5	1865
		“	6	2209
		“	8	2489
		“	10	2848
		“	15	3200
		“	20	3885
		“	25	4150
		“	30	4651
		“	35	4828	Time 35 sec’s.

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