The mountain howitzer at Big Hole National Battlefield: A technical and historical report
Fiege MT. 1984. The mountain howitzer at Big Hole National Battlefield: A technical and historical report
This report provides a brief history of the howitzer; specifically, the U.S. military's field use and howitzer's operational instructions. A howitzer was a light 'piece' which fired a relatively large and heavy projectile.The weapon underwent less stress and a weaker recoil if the powder charge behind the projectile was made as small as possible. The chamber confined the reduced powder charge and made the gasses from the explosion at ignition more compressed and thus more efficient in propelling the projectile out of the bore--without the chamber, the howitzer would not have been as powerful.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Fiege, Mark
- Date of Issue
- 1984
- Units
- BIHO
- Keywords
- Artillery, battlefields, History, Howitzers, Mountain Guns