"Siege mortar limbers" Topic
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KeepYourPowderDry | 25 Mar 2021 12:38 p.m. PST |
I *need* a siege mortar. No other reason than I would really like one. Which has got me thinking. How did they move them? As surely they must have moved them. But what did they look like? Any contemporaneous images? I'm guessing a big oxen draft team would be needed to pull such a thing. Plus as an aside: any suggestions for a suitable small 15mm sized (PPig) compatible mortar and limber (or more likely a wagon that can be converted)? Thanks in anticipation |
BillyNM | 25 Mar 2021 1:15 p.m. PST |
The wrong scale but the Hinchliffe ECW mortar on an ox wagon is the sort of thing you're looking for. Now available (or soon will be) from Lancashire Games. link |
DisasterWargamer | 25 Mar 2021 1:52 p.m. PST |
I would recommend looking at hallmark 15mm line – if I remember they have a couple of different mortars and wagons perhaps something like link and link |
Stoppage | 25 Mar 2021 3:17 p.m. PST |
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Stoppage | 25 Mar 2021 3:19 p.m. PST |
I always thought that the mortar tube was carried with the muzzle down over a "devil" prong on a slung cart. I can't find any piccies to back this up so might have made it up! |
William Warner | 25 Mar 2021 5:36 p.m. PST |
The mortar wagon shown in Stoppage's link is correct for the light 10" siege mortar according to the U.S. Ordnance Manual of 1862. I have no idea what they used to move the massive 13" mortars. |
KeepYourPowderDry | 25 Mar 2021 10:56 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the replies. BillyNM that is particularly helpful (sort of what I had envisioned). Disaster – the MM mortar seems the best option, I've bookmarked that one. Thanks. If memory serves me right there is a Donnington cart kit which may lend itself to becoming a flat bed with less work required. Stoppage – thanks, that's quite interesting re: dismantling the mortar for transportation, and thanks WW for the clarification |
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