"Number of spokes on the wheels!" Topic
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27 Jul 2024 1:34 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "Number of spokes on the wheels !" to "Number of spokes on the wheels!"
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hi EEE ya  | 27 Jul 2024 1:42 a.m. PST |
Hello everyone, What was the standard number of spokes on the wheels of Confederate and Yankee artillery pieces and limbers? |
| RittervonBek | 27 Jul 2024 2:11 a.m. PST |
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| hi EEE ya | 27 Jul 2024 2:47 a.m. PST |
@RittervonBek
As for the French army of the same era. And were the wheel diameters the same? If so, by how much? |
 KimRYoung | 27 Jul 2024 7:21 a.m. PST |
57 inch diameter for ACW field artillery carriages. Kim |
| hi EEE ya | 27 Jul 2024 10:28 p.m. PST |
@KimRYoung
Ah they were smaller but with the same number of spokes? |
| KimRYoung | 28 Jul 2024 6:36 a.m. PST |
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| hi EEE ya | 28 Jul 2024 9:09 p.m. PST |
@KimRYoung
And how many inch diameter for ACW field artillery vehicles wheels? And for the diameters of the wheels and their number of spokes, is it the same regulation among the confederates? |
| KimRYoung | 29 Jul 2024 4:59 p.m. PST |
Carriages and caissons all had the same wheel as did the traveling forge. Kim |
| hi EEE ya | 29 Jul 2024 9:43 p.m. PST |
@KimRYoung
And is it the same regulation among the confederates? |
| KimRYoung | 31 Jul 2024 6:43 a.m. PST |
CSA followed the same standard. Kim |
| hi EEE ya | 31 Jul 2024 11:03 p.m. PST |
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takes another stab at building a more perfect flight stand.
