450 
MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF 
The total weight of draught of the Gatling is as follows :— 
Gun carriage, when complete . 7 0 7£ 
Limber, „ . 5 0 25 
Six drums, filled ... 3 2 0 
Total . 15 3 4£ 
Space occupied by a Battery of six 9-pr. Field Guns , as compared with 
that occupied by a Battery of twelve Gatlings. 
9-pr. Battery. 
Length 
in yds. Total. 
6 guns, 8 horses. 18 114 
12 wagons, 6 horses. 15 180 
1 store wagon, 6 horses ... 15 15 
1 forge, 6 horses. 15 15 
1 general service wagon, 4 
horses. 11 11 
1 store cart, 2 horses . 8 8 
Battery of 12 Gatlings. 
Length 
in yds. Total. 
12 guns, 2 horses. 7 84 
6 carts, 2 horses. 7 42 
1 store wagon, 6 horses. 15 15 
1 general service wagon and 
forge combined, 6 horses 15 15 
Total, in yds. 353 
Total, in yds.. 156 
The following tables give a summary of the results obtained from firing, 
in competition, the pieces mentioned. The practice was carried on by 
Colonel Wray's Committee in August and September, 1870 :— 
1st Expebiment. —At a line of targets 9 ins. by 9 ins., representing 90 cavalry or 100 infantry. Shrapnel 
shell only used with the field guns. Firing against time, 2 minutes. 
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53 
369 
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39 
310 
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56 
522 
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30-5 
229 
9-pr. M.L. 
86 
294 
12-pr. B.L. 
121-5 
268 
9-pr. M.L. 
118 
236 
9-pr. M.L. 
75 
283 
Mitrailleur 
25 
154 
12-pr. B.L. 
94-5 
218 
9-pr. M.L. 
107 
208 
Mitrailleur 
30 
178 
12-pr. B.L. 
94-5 
142 
12-pr. B.L. 
82 
152 
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41-5 
62 
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25 
171 
12-pr. B.L. 
121-5 
166 
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30 
127 
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53 
118 
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