Fixed ammunition

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I hope this might be helpful. This is a reproduction howitzer shell.

 

[Cannonman1]

I hope this might be helpful. This is a reproduction howitzer shell.View attachment 550412
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Yes.. Most definitely... I came to the same conclusion but its great to see a good example.. I will be cutting rectangle of wool with one seam to form tube and the end sewn in as shown. It's great being able to show the public exactly how they were made. This is obviously a howitzer round.. I will be doing a round for a Napoleon which will look a bit different.. Question?? Looks like the powder bag has been left pulled up with the raw edge visible and not turned down. that should be turned down and not visible shouldn't it??

 

[Rhea Cole]

I keep this image from AAA Munitions on file because it is the clearest example of a properly made up piece of fixed ammunition I know of.

Compare the 12 pound mountain howitzer with the 12 pound Napoleon howitzer / gun above. Note that the cloth is tacked to the sabot, folded back & then double tied.

The introduction of the 12 pound Napoleon meant that a battery did not have to be supplied with both cannon & howitzer ammunition that fit into the dimple / breech. No small thing, that.


Note: AAA Munitions replicas are carefully crafted for use in museums, which is how I became aware of their products.

For CWT members not familiar with the wooden sabot ( French for wooden shoe. ) This chart shows the rings on the sabot that the ties index into.

 

[Cannonman1]

Great images.. Thank you for posting those.
Another Question?? On page 277 of the US Ordnance manual for 1862 it states at the top of the page that the cap (paper) was stained red for Spherical case, black for shell and unstained for shot.. My question is what stain would have been used and would it have been the whole cap or just the tip?? Has anyone ever seen an original that displayed this.. I can see the benefit of this as there wold be little way for the #6 man to ID a round if all he sees is the powder bags "up".. What do you guys think?

 

[daktsk]

At Fort Pulaski, I read that "The spoils of victory were the fort, forty-seven heavy guns, a large supply of fixed ammunition", etc. (Newspaper Article)... What would the fixed ammunition be used in?

 

[Rhea Cole]

At Fort Pulaski, I read that "The spoils of victory were the fort, forty-seven heavy guns, a large supply of fixed ammunition", etc. (Newspaper Article)... What would the fixed ammunition be used in?

Fixed ammunition, as depicted in the chart up thread, was utilized in smoothbore cannon & howitzers.

 

[daktsk]

Thanks so much Rhea...et al. For some reason... when I read the term fixed ammunition, my thinking went straight to handguns.... Wasn't even thinking cannon!

 

[daktsk]

I'm trying to ease back into CWT. Long hiatus...10 yrs.