THE NEW AUSTRIAN FIELD GUNS. 
9 
Table II.—8 C Gun. 
(Giving details as to Ammunition .) 
Nature. 
Total rounds per gun. 
With gun. 
With ammn. wagon. 
* 
Powder 
charge 
of gun. 
Weight, 
full. 
Bursting 
charge. 
Muzzle 
velocity. 
j Number of bullets. 
Weight 
of bullets 
to the 
Remarks. 
Ibs.l 
kil. 
lbs. 
kil. 
ozs. 
grs. 
f.s.. 
m. 
eL 
lb. 
kil. 
Com. shell.. 
102 
24 
78 
2-09 
0-95 
9*5 
4*31 
3-5 
100 
t“ 
1397 
436 
- 
~ 
Shrapnel, do. 
36 
12 
24 
// 
// 
? 
p 
p 
? 
? 
? 
p 
P 
? 
Carcass. 
6 
Nil. 
6 
„ 
• 
8 
3-64 
— 
? 
? 
— 
— 
— 
Case . 
8 
4 
4 
// 
u 
10-4 
4-73 
— 
? 
p 
72 
? 
? 
Total ... 
152 
40 
112 
— 
1 
* There are also a certain number of reduced charges carried. (Vide p. 14.) 
t Taken from “ Revue d’Artillerie,” October, 1876. 
Table III. — 9 C Gun. 
(Giving details as to Ammunition .) 
Nature. 
j Total rounds per gun. 
a 
E3 
&J0 
£ 
i 
j With ammn. wagon. 
Powder 
charge 
of gun. 
Weight, 
full. 
1 
| Bursting charge. 
Muzzle 
velocity. 
j Number of bullets. 
W eight 
of bullets 
to the 
Remarks. 
lbs. 
kil. 
lbs. 
kil. 
oz 
gr. 
f.s. 
m. 
lb. 
kil. 
Com. shell... 
85 
20 
65 
3 3 
1-5 
16T4 
7*337 
6 
170 
1542 
470 
— 
— 
— 
Shrapnel do. 
30 
10 
20 
« 
i 
15*55 
7*071 
3 
83 
p 
p 
163f 
— 
— 
Carcass. 
5 
Nil. 
5 
n 
it 
13-35 
6-07 
— 
— 
? 
? 
— 
— 
— 
Case . 
8 
4 
4 
n 
it 
16-47 
7-49 
- 
— 
? 
p 
120 
— 
— 
Total ... 
128 
34 
94 
* There are also a certain number of reduced charges carried. (Vide p. 14.) 
t Not given in book translated* The weight is taken from “ Frernde Artillerie,” by R. Stein. Berlin, 1875. 
(1) The common shell (Tigs, 9 and 10) is of the so-called double-wall 
description* which has for its object to give as many splinters as possible, of 
a size sufficient to kill a man. 
The inner wall is cast so as to consist of twelve horizontal and parallel 
rings* these rings, being grooved also lengthwise by deep lines of weakness j 
so that this inner wall consists of a number of pyramidal pieces with the 
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