4 
To turn to the Spanish gun it is rather better than the Trench gun at mean 
ranges and slightly inferior to it at long ranges. But this slight inferiority is 
more than compensated by a light carriage weighing only about 5-| cwt. against 
the 11 and 10 cwt. of the Trench and British guns respectively. Curiously 
enough in connection with this advantage there is a limber which weighs as much 
as 12-| cwt. empty, being constructed to carry the same number of rounds as 
the British gun. So that a Spanish gun team has to draw a weight of about 
31 cwt. while a Trench one draws about 32 cwt. 
To sum up the relative merits of the three guns we see that the high muzzle 
velocity of the British gun does not avail to give it as high a relative energy as 
the Spanish gun, while as regards mobility and remaining velocity at mean ranges 
the latter has a distinct advantage. 
Captain Modi then passes to a discussion of the weight of projectile suggested 
by General Wille and gives the following table of European field ordnance :— 
Powers. 
Field Batteries. 
Horse Batteries. 
Calibre in 
ins. 
Common 
shell. _ 
Weight in 
lbs. 
Shrapnel 
shell. 
Weight in 
lbs. 
Calibre in 
ins. 
Common 
shell. 
Weight in 
lbs. 
Shrapnel 
shell _ 
W eight in 
lbs. 
Germany. 
3-52 
15-45 
17-75 
3-52 
15-45 
17-75 
England. 
3-00 
12-00 
12-00 
3-00 
12-00 
12-00 
Austria . 
3-48 
14-00 
15-75 
2-96 
9*53 
10-52 
France . 
3*60 
Nil. 
19-10 
3-16 
Nil. 
13-82 
Italy. 
3-48 
14-87 
15-31 
2-96 
9-42 
9-83 
Eussia . 
3-48 
15-20 
15-57 
3-48 
15-20 
15-57 
He agrees with General Wille that the days of case shot are numbered. 
There must be few artillerymen who would not welcome its disappearance forth¬ 
with. Tor the past 20 years the writer of this precis has been fully convinced 
of its futility. 
Captain Moch cannot believe that England will remain satisfied with a 12-pr. 
field gun, and presumes that we shall in course of time produce the 20-pr. that 
has been for some time in contemplation. 
