THE FIELD ARTILLERY OF ITALY, 
231 
principal field artilleries of Europe. The following tables have been 
taken from a Russian artillery periodical:—- 
TABLE II. 
Guns . 
Countries. 
Designation 
of guns. 
"Weight. 
Calibre. 
Initial 
velocity. 
cwt. qrs. lbs. 
ins. 
f.s. 
Austria. 
OO l£. 
9 2 10 
9 2 24 
3'4 
3-9 
1551 
1125 
( 9-pr . 
6 0 0 
3-0 
1391 
England ... 
] 16-pr. 
12 0 0 
3-6 
1355 
(,25-pr. 
18 0 0 
4-0 
Germany ... 
( 8 C . 
7 2 20 
3-0 
1522 
1459 
1312 
1538 
9c . 
8 3 13 
3-4 
Italy. 
( 7 C . 
6 0 3 
2- 9 
3- 4 
) 9 C * . 
C 4-pr. 
6 3 3 
3-4 
1000 
Russia ...... 
9 2 19 
3*4 
1557 
- 
1 9-pr . 
12 1 0 
4-2 
1059 
France . 
( 5 k . 
9 1 12 
3*0 
1367 
1 7 k . 
12 3 6 
3*3 
1279 
Switzerland 
( 8 C . 
8 2 3 
12 2 3 
3- 3 
4- 1 
1297 
[l0« . 
1303 
* This gun is about to be adopted in place of the 12* 2 gun, (Vide ante.) 
TABLE III. 
Projectiles. 
Common shell. 
Shrapnel. 
Countries. 
Weight. 
Fragments 
weighing 
over ^oz. 
Weight. 
Bullets. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Austria. 
( 13-9 
l 14-4 
60 
60 
16-37 
140 
England ... 
C 9-1 
1 16-1 
36 
9-80 
17-90 
63 
128 
Germany ... 
C 11-0 
1 15-4 
30 
35 
12-16 
18-03 
122 
209 
Italy. 
8-1 
24* 
9-37 
lOOf 
C 12-6 
25 
14-43 
105 
Russia . 
13-0 
50 
13-06 
150 
i 24-3 
30 
29-86 
210 
France . 
f 8-8 
\ 15-4 
54 
— 
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Switzerland 
C 12-2 
l 17-2 
36 
12-34 
20-45 
130 
130 
* These fragments each weigh over 3| osa, t 27| to lb» 
