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

• @white2005nelson
• 32-Pounder Naval Cannon

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Weapons_Technology
• Ordnance_Artillery_Index

Same Subject

• 32-Pounder Naval Cannon
• 36-Pounder Long Gun — French Naval Standard
• HMS Victory — Overview
• Wooden Splinters — Naval Wound Type

Cross-Domain

• First Rate Ship of the Line — Class Overview
• Age of Sail — Era Overview

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. ↩