Form of Exercise and Manoeuvre for the Boat-Howitzers of the U. S Navy (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

J. A. Dahlgren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1332129099 ISBN 13: 9781332129096

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Form of Exercise and Manœuvre for the Boat-Howitzers of the U. S Navy

While preparations are in progress for clearing out the boats, the officer of the boat will see that the howitzer, and its various equip ments, are also got in readiness. The junior officer or officers of the piece will attend to the gun itself and its carriages.

The quarter-gunner will have the ammunition got up from below also the lock, sights, sponges, spare fuzes, ammunition-pouches, primers, &c. (breeching, if deemed necessary.) This will be the proper occasion for charging the shrapnell and shells with powder, which should receive the particular attention of the officer who is to command the boat.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332129099
• ISBN 13: 9781332129096
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 38