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THE NEW AUSTRIAN FIELD GUNS. 
(1) The service cartridges are carried in the proportion of one per 
round of projectile, and contain 8*3 lbs. (l*5 k ) of powder for 9 C , and 2*09 lbs. 
(0*95 k ) for the 8 C gun. 
(2) The reduced charges (meant for high-angle firing), are carried in the 
proportion of one-fourth of the service rounds, and contain only 0*926 lbs. 
(0*4<2 k ) and 0*5 lbs. (0*24 k ) of powder respectively. In order to bring them 
up to the service size, a plug of pulped paper is made up in the cartridge. 
(D.) Friction Tubes. 
These are of the ordinary description. 
A proportion of about 25 per cent, spare is carried in addition to the 
number corresponding to that of rounds of ammunition. 
III.— Gun-Carriages. 
These are similar for both guns (differing only in weights and dimen¬ 
sions), and are constructed of steel and wrought-iron. 
9 C Gun-Carriage {Fig. 17). 
This consists of— 
* (1) The body, which consists of the cheeks {h } Tig. 17)—made of thin 
plates of Bessemer steel* strengthened with angle-iron—and of 
the bolts and plates securing them together, the trunnion 
plates, &c. 
(2) The axletree-boxes (iron plate). 
(3) Axletree of cast-steel, with its stays, and the axletree seats. * 
(4) Elevating arrangement. 
(5) Wheels and pipe-boxes for axletree arms. 
Fig. 17. 
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(1) The body .—Towards the front the cheeks are parallel, but in rear of 
the elevating arrangement they begin rapidly to converge, and at the trail 
* Supplied bv Austrian firms. 
