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Chestnut
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11.03.2004 11:20:53
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11-19 век; Артиллерия;
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Re: а откуда...
Ну, например, вот здесь
http://www.hackman-adams.com/guns/58musket.htm
The 58 musket was sturdy and reliable. The biggest cause of its being disabled in battle was being loaded a second time when the prior charge had not gone off. Two superimposed loads would burst the barrel. The two most common causes of the gun not firing was either the percussion cap fell off, or the soldier forgot to put it on. The embarrassed soldier would throw such a gun on the ground and pick up another. Another soldier could pick up the discarded musket, and load it again. But then on discovering three or more charges in the barrel (the ramrod wouldn't go all the way down), he would discard it again.
Of the approximately 35,000 muskets picked up from the Gettysburg battlefield, it was discovered:
11,000 were unloaded
24,000 were loaded
6,000 held one charge
12,000 held two charges
6,000 had from three to ten charges each
One had twenty-two charges