"SYW Prussian 3-pounder cannon" Topic
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| crogge1757 | 16 Jun 2012 4:01 p.m. PST |
I posted the first illustration of a Prussian 3-pounder bataillon gun of the SYW period on my blog. Have a look if you like. Cheers,
Christian
crogges7ywarmies.blogspot.com |
14Bore  | 16 Jun 2012 4:26 p.m. PST |
You have a lot of info there on all artillery of the SYW period. Nice work in gathering all that. |
 Der Alte Fritz | 16 Jun 2012 7:51 p.m. PST |
Excellent! Have you found any information on Prussian limbers as well? Jim |
| olicana | 17 Jun 2012 3:11 a.m. PST |
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| crogge1757 | 18 Jun 2012 3:02 a.m. PST |
@ DAF, Yes I did. I will also do a sample limber with this 3-pounder.
It will be based on a later model that can be found here:
PDF link
What you see here is the M1768 6-pounder bataillon gun designed by Dieskau.
A 18 shots barrel (5 foot 2 inches long not incl. the cascabel and button)
Berlin foot at 31,4 cm. Barrel, thus is 162 cm. That should serve to get a feel for the dimensions. The limber incl. an ammunition box you see here is said to be of a similar design as an earlier one designed by Linger in 1752.
The box was a wooden construction. Its cover plates were initially made of cloth painted with oils (black colour?). Not sure if this one also came with a cloth cover.
All Prussian bataillon guns came with such a limber containing most of the ammunition. Also the light 12-pounder introduced around 1754, as well as the light 5.5 inches (7-pounder) howitzer. All other Prussian ordnance had ordinary limbers without the ammunitions chest. Hope that helps.
Christian |
| summerfield | 20 Jun 2012 4:15 a.m. PST |
Christian
The link alas does not work.
Stephen |
| crogge1757 | 20 Jun 2012 5:55 a.m. PST |
Sorry, the link is to the Marburg Digital Archive at
digam.net/?str=177 Go to Folder No. 43 and open Document No. 21
Best is to open the PDF file as it has better resolution. |
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