Trivia #18 Handspike (6/18/2014)

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True or False: The man who loads a muzzle loading cannon by pushing the cannonball into the gun with a long stick like implement is called the Handspike.
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Hoosier

 

[Lnwlf]

False

 

[ole]

False. It's a rammer.

 

[Nathanb1]

False

 

[hoosier]

False

 

[Bob Owen]

False

 

[Stony]

false

 

[chellers]

false

 

[adisciu9]

False

 

[ErnieMac]

False.

 

[C.S.M 1861]

False Handspike: "Metal or wooden poles of various sizes inserted in the trail of cannon and used for maneuvering cannon to the left or right. On field pieces, the trail handspike was 53-inches in length. The maneuvering handspike was used for garrison and seacoast carriages and gins and was 66-inches long, while that used for siege and other heavy work was 84-inches in length. The shod handspike was used for mortars and their casemate and barbette carriages. The truck and roller handspikes were wrought iron and used for casemate carriages."
http://www.civilwarartillery.com/glossary/glossarygz.htm

 

[DickWilliams]

False

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

False

 

[truthckr]

false

 

[Carronade]

False. The implement is a ramrod, but the man isn't called that either

 

[Karlos63]

False

 

[AUG]

False

 

[Roxanne3888]

False??

 

[Eagle eye]

False

 

[Copperhead-mi]

False