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British Rockets of the Napoleonic and Colonial Wars 1805-1901

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British Rockets of the Napoleonic and Colonial Wars 1805-1901
 
Carl Franklin
Spellmount
2005 
272 pages
English
Format: PDF
113 MB
 
An account of the rockets of Congreve, Boxer and Hale taken into British service, with details of the supporting equipment and the uniforms of the British personnel engaged in rocket
duties during the Napoleonic period.
 
Британская ракетная артиллерия периода наплеоновских и колониальных войн 1805-1901гг. /
 
The use of rockets as weapons can be traced back to thirteenth-century China and there are records to show that the Mogul Emperor Akbar also used them in India during the sixteenth century. The emerging British Empire first encountered rockets as weapons during the Mahratta Wars, particularly during the Siege of Serringapatam in 1799.
 
 
 
 
Contents
 
 
Introduction

Part I - Napoleonic Period. 1805-1817

1 Congreve's Side stick rockets 3

2 Napoleonic Rocket Launchers 19

3 Napoleonic Rocket Carts 27

4 Wheels, Limbers and Ammunition Wagons 34

5 Artillery Draught Harness -

circa 1812 44

Part II - Early Colonial Period. 1817-1867

6 Centre-stick rockets 63

7 Early Colonial Rocket Launchers 82

8 Early Colonial Rocket Carts and Limbers 95

9 Artillery Draught Harness -

circa 1853 108

Part III- Late Colonial Period. 1867-1901

10 Late Colonial Hale Rockets 125

11 Late Colonial Rocket Launchers 151

12 Late Colonial Rocket Carts and Limbers 162

13 Universal Draught Harness of 1865 167

Part IV - Uniforms of British Rocket Personnel

14 Royal Marine Artillery 187

15 Royal Artillery 198

16 Rocket Troop, Royal Horse Artillery 210

17 Royal Military Artificers 228

18 Corps of Artillery Drivers 234

19 Generic Clothing and Equipment 240

Bibliography

256

Index

262

List of Colour Plates

1. Royal Marine Artillery. Other Ranks

2. Royal Marine Artillery. Officers and Senior-NCOs

3. Royal Artillery. Other Ranks

4. Royal Artillery. Officers and Senior-NCOs

5. Rocket Troop. Royal Horse Artillery. Other Ranks

6. Royal Horse Artillery. Officers and Senior-NCOs

7. Royal Military Artificers

8. Corps of Artillery Drivers  
   
 
 
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