1/5 Scale 24PDR Garrison Carriage
Description:
The 1/5 Garrison Carriage is designed for a 1/5 Scale Garrison 24" tube.
This 24" steel barrel sits on a hardwood carriage. Available in: Oak,
Maple, Ash, Walnut. This carriage is 15" long and 9" high. The hardware is made
from solid brass which is machined and formed, then
hightly buffed. The axles are 1" alum. which are
pressed into the axles trees and pinned. The wheels
are red oak with brass pins for decoration purpose.
The quoin is dovetailed for easy slide in the bed stock.
Following is a description of its parts:
History:
Garrison artillery played an important and sometimes
spectacular role in the Civil War. The Confederates had
at least one big 24 pounder gun in operation. These
big pieces were dragged by 10 horses were the largest guns
that could be hauled over normal roads.
For garrison duty the guns might be mounted on stock trail carriages
or sometimes on barbette types to fire over walls.
24 pounders were used in the main battery of the US frigate constitution, and
also used in forts and coastal trade routes. Both English and American types of
24 pounders were in the "Old Ironsides" compliment of guns. It was patented after
the 12 American-type cannons which were deployed at the forward and after ports.
Specific fortress carriages also developed in this period. Well before
it began the wheeled carriage had ceased to be used for guns in permanent
fortifications, and ship type carriages had become standard, though there was
still difficulty in traversing them rapidly. In the British service carriages for
forts differed from ships' carriages by having small cast iron wheels or trucks
instead of wooden ones.
By the 18th century the flask or split trail carriage had reaached its full
development for guns and howitzers but there were variations. The English
version, for instance, had side boxes for ammunition on those intended for
field guns. Some field guns and howitzers also had elevating screws for
aiming while others still retained the old fashioned wedge or quoin. Siege
artillery had heavier carriages and lacked the side boxes. Howitzer
carriages and lacked the side boxes. Howitzer carriages were a new
development of this period. They generally resembled the carriages of the
guns, but the trails were a bit thicker and shorter to allow for the greater
elevation at which howitzer were customarily fired.
Price:
$575.00 (unfinished carriage) [Order]
$675.00 (finished carriage) [Order]
*call for pricing (aluminum carriage) [Order]
$1525.00 (finished carriage with steel tube) [Order]
$2000.00 (finished carriage with brass tube) [Order]
$1400.00 (unfinished carriage with steel tube) [Order]
$1775.00 (unfinished carriage with brass tube) [Order]
Weight: 12 lbs (carriage only)
Dimensions:
Length: 15"
Width of carriage (Muzzle): 6"
Total width including axles: 8"
width of carriage (Breech): 7"
Total width including axles breech end: 8 1/2"
Height including wheels: 8"
dia. of big wheel: 3 1/2"
dia. of small wheel: 2 3/4"
Axle size ( alum.): 1"
length of quoin: 6 3/4"
length of bed: 6 1/2"
trunnion cut out for 1" dia.
inside width at breech: 4 3/4"
inside width at muzzle end: 3 3/4"
inside width at trunnions: 4"
heighth at breech end: 4 1/4"
Available Wood: Oak, Maple, Ash, Walnut
Delivery Time: 2-4 wks (3-5 weeks with tube)
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