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8.4 Cm Feldgeschütz Ord 1871
The 8.4 cm Feldgeschütz Ord 1871 is a 19th-century Swiss and Dutch field gun. The Dutch version was known as . The Swiss version was replaced by the 8.4 cm Feldgeschütz Ord 1879. The Dutch version was replaced by the 8 cm staal. Context Switzerland adopts rifled breech loading guns Switzerland had adopted rifled cannon after its artillery committee proposed to acquire 12 batteries of 4-pounder rifled muzzle loaders (8.45 cm RML) in 1861. The committee then proceeded with attempts to transform higher caliber smooth bore muzzle loaders into rifled muzzle loaders, but these attempts were not successful. In July 1866 the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council then approved the transformation of existing 12-pounder SBML's into 12 cm rifled breechloader guns, and to buy 11 batteries of 8-pounder / 10.5 cm cast steel RBL's. The committee next continued trials with the Broadwell Ring, Broadwell breech system. It next started to transform the bronze 8-poun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Gun
A field gun is a field artillery piece. Originally the term referred to smaller guns that could accompany a field army on the march, that when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances ( field artillery), as opposed to guns installed in a fort (garrison artillery or coastal artillery), or to siege cannons and mortars which are too large to be moved quickly, and would be used only in a prolonged siege. Perhaps the most famous use of the field gun in terms of advanced tactics was Napoleon Bonaparte's use of very large wheels on the guns that allowed them to be moved quickly even during a battle. By moving the guns from point-to-point during a battle, enemy formations could be broken up to be handled by the infantry or cavalry wherever they were massing, dramatically increasing the overall effectiveness of the attack. World War I As the evolution of artillery continued, almost all guns of any size became capable of being moved at some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
