"Loading Krupp breech loaders?" Topic
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| mashrewba | 24 Oct 2016 4:24 a.m. PST |
I was about to base some Prussian artillery for the Franco Prussian War and wondered where the man with the sponge should stand.
I assume the barrel would need sponging out every now and again and this could presumably be done from the breech end rather than the muzzle end – does anyone know what they did???
Thanks. |
| KTravlos | 24 Oct 2016 12:52 p.m. PST |
Hmm, from the pictures I have seen the sponging seems to be done from the breech. But they are later Krupps from the Balkan Wars.
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| mashrewba | 24 Oct 2016 11:20 p.m. PST |
I notice the sponge is quite short -I assume the main area in need of attention is at the breech end where the initial detonation is.
Useful pic -thanks KT! |
| mashrewba | 25 Oct 2016 2:14 a.m. PST |
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| KTravlos | 25 Oct 2016 3:15 a.m. PST |
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| Tac Error | 29 Oct 2016 12:21 p.m. PST |
This is not a FPW-era Krupp, but you do get to see the sponger in action… YouTube link |
| Ramming | 01 Nov 2016 6:21 a.m. PST |
The foreign type with the 'short sponge' is actually holding a loader, its for pushing the charge up the breech, sorry. |
| Ramming | 01 Nov 2016 11:43 a.m. PST |
… and the top chappie is holding a laying spike, not a sponger. |
| mashrewba | 01 Nov 2016 3:16 p.m. PST |
Don't be sorry -this is the stuff we want to know!! |
| Ramming | 02 Nov 2016 11:31 a.m. PST |
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