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King of Battle
tI'1{1l1JOC 'Branch !J{istory Series KING OF BATTLE A BRANCH HISTORY OF THE U.S. ARMY'S FIELD ARTILLERY By Boyd L. Dastrup Office of the Command 9iistorian runited States !Jl.rmy rrraining and tIJoctrine Command ASS!STANT COMMANDANT US/\F/\S 11 MAR. 1992 ATTIN' II,., ..." (' '. 1\iIO.tIS ,")\,'/2tt Tech!lical librar fort SII), OK ~3503'031~ ..~ TRADOC Branch History Series KING OF BATTLE A BRANCH HISTORY OF THE U.S. ARMY'S FIELD ARTILLERY I t+ j f I by f f Boyd L. Dastrup Morris Swett T. n1 Property of' '1 seCh cal Library, USAFAS U.l• .1:ruy Office of the Command Historian United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Fort Monroe, Virginia 1992 u.s. ARMY TRAINING AND DOCTRINE COMMAND General Frederick M. Franks, Jr.. Commander M~or General Donald M. Lionetti Chief of Staff Dr. Henry O. Malone, Jr. Chief Historian Mr. John L. Romjue Chief, Historical Studies and Publication TRADOC BRANCH HISTORY SERIES Henry O. Malone and John L. Romjue, General Editors TRADOC Branch Histories are historical studies that treat the Army branches for which TRADOC has Armywide proponent responsibility. They are intended to promote professional development of Army leaders and serve a wider audience as a reference source for information on the various branches. The series presents documented, con- cise narratives on the evolution of doctrine, organization, materiel, and training in the individual Army branches to support the Command's mission of preparing the army for war and charting its future. iii Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dastrup, Boyd L. -
The Gribeauval System, Or the Issue of Standardization in the 18Th Century
The Gribeauval system, or the issue of standardization in the 18th century Héloïse BERKOWITZ and Hervé DUMEZ (i3-CRG, École Polytechnique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay) [French version: September 2016 - n°125] From the Revolution to the Napoleonic Empire, French armies had the upper hand in Europe — mainly owing to the standardization of the artillery at the end of the 18th century by Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715-1789), an officer and engineer. This standardization of the caliber of canons and the design of carriages (wheels and axles) presupposed techniques of produc- Héloïse BERKOWITZ and Hervé DUMEZ tion and measurement, and implied training artillery officers in the basic and applied sciences. Everything had to change at once: military doctrine, industry and techniques. Like the Querelle des Bouffons in opera, this highly controversial shift sparked a major controversy during the last years of the monarchy: the so-called Quarrel of the Reds and Blues, with reference to the color of gunners’ uniforms before and after the reorganization of the artillery. Initially backed by the king, Gribeauval fell out of favor but was then reinstated and conducted his reform successfully. A presentation of this first big battle of industrial standardization in its historical context… etween 20 September 1792, the date of the for standardization in contemporary industry. This is Battle of Valmy (which amounted to an artillery not a matter of coincidence. The artillery is required to duel that ended with the Prussian army beating have sometimes contradictory and often incompatible Ba retreat) and 18 June 1815, the date of the Battle of characteristics: to be robust, powerful, precise, stable, Waterloo (which put an end to the First Empire), the simple for use and upkeep, light and fast — all of this, Revolutionary and then Napoleonic French armies of course, at a low cost. -
Section 5: Spanish Artillery (1745-1808) Stephen Summerfield of Loughborough University
Section 5: Spanish Artillery (1745-1808) Stephen Summerfield of Loughborough University References Adkin M. (2005) The Trafalgar Companion, Aurum Press. Benninghoff II, Herman O. (1991) “Some Spanish Weapons in the American Revolution,” Bulletin of the American Society of Arms Collectors, 91, 1-9 Brinckerhoff, Sidney B., and Pierce A. Chamberlain (1972). Spanish Military Weapons in Colonial America, 1700-1821, Stackpole Books. Calvó, Juan L. (1980) Armas blancas para tropa en la Caballería Española, Asociación El Cid. (2011) Armaments of the Troops of the Royal Household 1788-1931, Private publication, [translation of (2011) Armamento de las Tropas de Casa Real, 1788-1931] Cano Velasco, Fernando (1984) Historia de las Fuerzas Armadas, Volume IV – Guardia Civil, Ediciones Palafox, Zaragoza. Chartrand, R. (1998), The Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) 1793-1808, Osprey. (2011) The Spanish Army in North America 1700-1793, Osprey. Dawson AL & PL and Summerfield S. (2007) Napoleonic Artillery, Crowood Press Digby Smith [Otto von Pivka] (1975) Spanish Armies of the Napoleonic Wars, Osprey Esdaile C.J. (1988) The Spanish Army in the Peninsular War, Manchester University Press. (1999) “Oman’s History in its Spanish Context,” In Paddy Griffith (ed.) A History of the Peninsular War, Volume IX – Modern Studies of the War in Spain, 1808-1814, Greenhill Books, London, pp299-315. (2011) “The Spanish Army,” in G. Fremont Barnes (ed.) Armies of the Napoleonic Wars, Pen and Sword, pp188-211 Hernandez Pardo, Pedro [ed.] (1984) Historia de las Fuerzas Armadas, Volume V, Ediciones Palafox, Zaragoza. Laborde, Alexander de (1809) A View of Spain comprising a Descriptive Itinerary of Each Provinve and a General Statistical Account of the Country, Longman, London [Translated from French edition of Laborde (1808) Itinéraire descriptif de l'Espagne..., Paris] Lavery, B. -
Artillerist's Manual
ARTILLERIST'S MANUAL, COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, THE AND ADAPTED TO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS. BY BRIG.-GEN. JOHN GIBBON, U. S. VOLS., CAPTAIN FOURTH ARTILLERY, U. S. ARMY. SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. TO THE OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARTILLERY, THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE GUNPOWDER.............................................................................. 9 CHAPTER II. ORDNANCE................................................................................ 41 CHAPTER III. FORM OF ORDNANCE.--MATERIALS................................... 79 CHAPTER IV. RIFLES,...................................................................................... 109 CHAPTER V. PROJECTILES........................................................................... 138 CHAPTER VI. ARTILLERY CARRIAGES, MATERIAL, ETC.,......................158 CHAPTER VII. THE THEORY OF FIRE............................................................ 201 viii CONTENTS CHAPTER VIII. PAGE THE PRACTICE OF FIRE,......................................................... 230 CHAPTER IX. FUZES, ....................................................................................... 256 CHAPTER X. ARTILLERY IMPLEMENTS,.................................................... 285 CHAPTER XI. AMMUNITION,.......................................................................... 300 CHAPTER XII. FIELD ARTILLERY .................................................................. 339 CHAPTER XIII. ATTACK AND DEFENSE