31425 - "Load!" Confederate Artillery with 12 Pound Howitzer
Load! Confederate Artillery with 12 Pound Howitzer
Some time in the early 1830s the Army realized its need for a smaller, lighter, more versatile cannon that would still have almost the same range as a larger cannon. Their answer to this problem was to shorten the tube and shape the breech like a funnel. The resulting gun was the Model 1841 Howitzer. With the same bore size as the 12-pound gun it was light weight and rugged and the most proficient piece of weaponry of its kind during the 19th century. The 12-pound howitzer could send a common shell a distance of 840 yd with a one pound charge while a 12-pound Napoleon would need a 2.0 pound charge and deliver the same shell 1,300 yd. The Army used it for 50 years, mostly on the western plains.
Load! Confederate Artillery with 12 Pound Howitzer
Some time in the early 1830s the Army realized its need for a smaller, lighter, more versatile cannon that would still have almost the same range as a larger cannon. Their answer to this problem was to shorten the tube and shape the breech like a funnel. The resulting gun was the Model 1841 Howitzer. With the same bore size as the 12-pound gun it was light weight and rugged and the most proficient piece of weaponry of its kind during the 19th century. The 12-pound howitzer could send a common shell a distance of 840 yd with a one pound charge while a 12-pound Napoleon would need a 2.0 pound charge and deliver the same shell 1,300 yd. The Army used it for 50 years, mostly on the western plains.
Load! Confederate Artillery with 12 Pound Howitzer
Some time in the early 1830s the Army realized its need for a smaller, lighter, more versatile cannon that would still have almost the same range as a larger cannon. Their answer to this problem was to shorten the tube and shape the breech like a funnel. The resulting gun was the Model 1841 Howitzer. With the same bore size as the 12-pound gun it was light weight and rugged and the most proficient piece of weaponry of its kind during the 19th century. The 12-pound howitzer could send a common shell a distance of 840 yd with a one pound charge while a 12-pound Napoleon would need a 2.0 pound charge and deliver the same shell 1,300 yd. The Army used it for 50 years, mostly on the western plains.