396 
7 C ITALIAN FIELD GUN. 
Organisation. 
Formation of a Battery of 8 pieces on the war footing. 
Guns. 
Carriages . 
Officers . 
Men . 
Biding Horses 
Draught ,, 
8 
20 
5 
164 
17 (1 spare) 
92(10 , ) 
Comparison with other Guns. 
Italian 
L. Field 
Battery 
7 - 5 c B.L. 
English 
H.A. 
9-pr.M.L. 
German 
H.A. 
7‘85 c B.L. 
Weight of gun . 
5-8 
6 
7-68 
Calibre . 
2*953 
3 
3-09 
Preponderance . 
.lbs. 
79-4 
10 
99 
Number of grooves.... 
12 
3 
24 
Length of rifling . 
51 
62-3 
60-2 
Twist in calibres. 
1 in 46| 
1 in 30 
1 in 50 
Weight of gun-carriage, packed. 
.lbs. 
1539 
2057 
1966 
Charge . 
1-21 
1-75 
2-75 
Initial velocity . 
1312 
1391 
1522 
Common shell (full) . 
8-2 
9-1 
11-2 
Bursting charge .. 
7-75 
7-5 
6* 5 
Shrapnel (full) . 
9-37 
9-8 
12-2 
Number of bullets in shrapnel. 
100* 
63 
122 
Rounds carried (gun and limber). 
46 
40 
40 
Total rounds (gun and wagon) . 
158 
148 
154f 
Weight behind gun-team . 
.lbs. 
2744 
3778 
3936 
Note. —The above table gives the same data for comparison as that published in 
“Proceedings, R.A. Institution,” Vol. IX. p. 296. 
General Remarks. 
An inspection of a 7 C battery of the Italian field artillery at first con¬ 
veys the impression that it must form a portion of the army of the 
Kingdom of Lillyput. Everything about it is small; everything 
remarkable for lightness. The gun, the gun-carriage, the wheels, 
the teams, the individual horses, and even the men, are small ; but 
everything being in proportion, the eye soon adapts itself to the scale 
of the picture. When, however, it is found that this battery carries 
46 rounds of projectiles averaging 8| lbs. in weight with the gun and 
112 more behind it in the wagon ; that these projectiles are fired at a 
velocity of 1312 ft. per second with great accuracy; and that the weight 
behind the team of 4 horses in the gun is only 24^ cwts. and in the 
wagon 1 cwt. more, the, matter becomes one worthy of close examina¬ 
tion, in order to find out how this great efficiency is obtained. 
* 27^ to the lb. 
f 8 ammunition wagons to each battery. 
