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Ktulu
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02.11.2004 14:37:40
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11-19 век; Артиллерия;
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The artillery corps had cannons, each of which was pulled by a team of four to eight horses (depending on size of gun), a caissons of ready ammunition and supply wagons. There were normally four to six pieces in a field battery and one or two batteries in support of an infantry regiment. In most European armies of this era there was also a separate corps of artillery usually consisting of heavy field guns and having as many as 35 batteries. The difference between a heavy and light field gun was the size of projectile used. This was generally measured in pounds with light guns firing a six to ten pound projectile and heavy guns firing 12 to 32 pound shot. The projectiles themselves came in several forms; the most common being: solid shot; a solid iron ball, grapeshot; usually a wooden cylinder packed with the appropriate weight of one ounce balls, canister; a tin can packed similarly to grapeshot, but with irregular shaped metal shards, the explosive shell; a hollow ball packed with gunpowder with a lighted fuse which would explode after being fired, or shrapnel; essentially a canister charge which combined the attributes of the exploding shell which caused the fragments to be dispersed over a wider area and caused a greater number of severe wounds.
У шрапнели было больше поражающих эелементов, чем у картечи (пусть и более мелких), поэтому они эффективнее.
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