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TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH CONCERNING A NEW 
FORM OF CARRIAGE FOR FIELD ORDNANCE FIRING 
HEAVY CHARGES, WITH ITS APPLICATION TO PROPOSED 
FIELD GUNS FOR OUR OWN SERVICE, 
LIEUT. GOOLD-ADAMS, R.A, 
Translator’s Note, 
At a time when we are about to re-arm our field artillery with new and far more 
powerful weapons, it is hoped that the account of an apparently successful attempt 
to devise some form of carriage which shall be light, yet strong enough to bear 
heavy charges, will be read with interest. 
Whether this plan possesses all the advantages claimed for it can only be decided 
by experiment. 
NEW EIELD CARRIAGE (IRON) FOR LONG-RANGE GUNS. 
BY 
COLONEL ENGELHAEDT, 
OF THE 
RUSSIAN ARTILLERY OF THE GUARD. 
At the present time it is regarded as a necessity throughout the 
whole of Europe to adopt long-range guns, fired with a high charge. 
The production of the guns does not present any very great difficulty : 
the whole question consists of the choice of the material to be em¬ 
ployed, and this has been decided differently in different states. In 
England, the field guns are made of iron (the bore being strengthened 
by a steel tube) ; Prussia makes them of steel; Sweden of cast-iron ; 
in France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, and Russia the field guns are of 
bronze, and cast hollow by the four latter powers. Moreover, lately in 
Austria and Russia the strength of the bore has been increased by 
the compression of its walls. 
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