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Last night I played in a scenario where I had a regiment of skirmishers going up against a battery of artillery. My "fresh" skirmishers were routed in seconds, and were not but 100 yards from the muzzle of the barrels. Historically speaking, I have read accounts (paraphrasing of course) which described skirmishers against artillery was like trying to shoot mosquitoes with a rifle. Just my two sense! Have a good one guys!
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A bigger problem with triple canister than destrpying the rifling would be the liklihood of breaking the axle of the carriage.
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Kerflumoxed wrote: 83pvi wrote:
A bigger problem with triple canister than destrpying the rifling would be the liklihood of breaking the axle of the carriage.
An interesting observation. I wonder if an axle could actually be broken by firing the gun? In a No. 1 carriage (for a 6-pdr. gun), the iron axle-tree was 2.5" by 1.5"; in the No. 2 carriage (for 12 pound guns) it was a minimum of 3" x 3". The former weighed 116 pounds and the latter weighed 122 pounds. Take quite a bit of force to "break" either one, I would think. Just speculation on my part.
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