Naval Gun Carriage — Truck Carriage

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. 32-pounder on a truck carriage, gun deck.

Overview

The carriage is already on 32-Pounder Naval Cannon. That gun was mounted on a compact four-wheeled wooden carriage.1

Recoil and Reload

This note covers that carriage only. Truck diameters, a tackle list, and a foundry stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

The carriage allowed the gun to recoil inboard on firing, be reloaded, and be run back out through the gunport.2

Sources

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Footnotes

  1. Compact four-wheeled wooden carriage: 32-Pounder Naval Cannon.

  2. Recoil inboard; reload; run back out through the gunport: same note. Do not invent truck diameters, a tackle list, or a foundry.