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The M1841 6-pounder field gun was a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and used from the Mexican–American War to the American Civil War. It fired a 6.1 lb (2.8 kg) round shot up to a distance of 1,523 yd (1,393 m) at 5° elevation.
The bronze pieces called Type 1 all have the external appearance of a Model 1841 6-pounder field gun, 3.8 in (97 mm) caliber, 15-groove rifling of right-hand twist, and a weight of about 880 lb (399.2 kg). More than 70 of the Type 1 rifles survive today, all except one are bronze. They are as follows.
Coupled to the 6-pounder field gun in allocations of the pre-war Army, the M1841 12-pounder howitzer was represented by Models of 1835, 1838 and 1841. With a light weight and respectable projectile payload, the 12-pounder was only cycled out of the main field army inventories as production and availability of the 12-pounder "Napoleon" rose, and ...
Collectively, these are referred to as 14-pounder (6.35 kg) James rifles. The initial type was created by reaming existing 6-pounder (2.72 kg) Model 1841 guns to 3.8 in (97 mm), then rifling them. This eliminated any deviations from tube wear — a common problem with bronze cannon that had already seen service.
The carriage for both the 6-pounder gun and the 12-pounder howitzer weighed 900 lb (408 kg). [17] A gun crew consisted of one sergeant "chief-of-piece", two corporals, and six gunners. One gunner placed the projectile in the howitzer's muzzle while a second gunner rammed it home. Additionally, each gun had six drivers. [18]
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1841 smoothbore 6-pounder. None of the Fort Ridgely artillery remain on site. Lt. T. J. Sheehan commander C Company 5th Minnesota Infantry posted to Fort Ripley.He was sent to Fort Ridgley to assist administration duties at the Upper Sioux Agency for B Company.
6-pounder gun or 6-pdr, usually denotes a 57-millimetre (2.2 in) gun firing a projectile weighing approximately 6 pounds (2.7 kg). Guns of this type include: QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss , a 57 mm naval gun of the 1880s; a similar weapon was designed by Driggs-Schroeder for the US Navy