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TABLE A.—FIELD GUNS
(Corrected to May 1, 1910, in accordance with Bethell’s “Modern Guns and Gunnery,” 3rd edition.)

	Austria 1905.	Belgium 1905.	Brazil 1904.	Denmark 1902.	France 1898– 1902.	Germany 1906.	Great Britain F.A· 1903.	Great Britain H.A· 1903.	Italy 1906.	Japan 1905.	Rumania 1904.	Russia 1903.	Spain 1906.	Switzer- land 1903.	United States 1902.
Calibre, inches	3·01	2·95	295	2·95	2·95	3·03	3·3	3	2·95	2·95	2·95	3	2·95	2·95	3
Weight of shrapnel, ℔.	14·72	14·3	12·1	14·85	15·96	15	1848	12·54	14·3	14·3	14·3	14·41*	14·3	14	15
Number of bullets. .	316+16	360	235	295	300	300	364	263	360	210	295	260	294	210	252
Number of bullets to the ℔.	50 and 35	50	42	41·3	38	45	42	42	50	36·4	42	43	45	36·3	36·5
Whether H.E. shell carried	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Muzzle velocity, f.-s.	1640	1640	1600	1640	1739	1525	1590	1658	1675	1706	1640	1930	1640	1590	1700
Muzzle energy, ft.-tons	275	266	215	277	334	242	324	239	279	288	267	373	267	245	300
Weight of gun, cwt.	7	6·67	5·7	6·42	9	7·66	9	6	6·9	6·8*	7·37	7·85	6·67	6·48	6·9
Weight of gun and carriage	20	20	16·3	20·5	22·4	186	24·75	195	19·75	19·7	21	20·75	20·4	19·75	21
Weight of gun and limber filled	37·5	34·5	26·7	36·6	37	34·4	40	32·5	33·45	33·2 5	34·8	38·5	34·2	35·5	37·3
Maximum elevation, degrees	18	15	17	15	17	16	16	17	17	17*	16	164	16	16	16
Traverse each way, degrees	4	31/2	3	31/2	3	4	3	3	3	31/2	3	23/4	3	2	4
Length of recoil, inches	51·5	51	44	54	43	44	48	48	57	55	54	42·5	50	53	50
Height of wheels	4′ 3″	4′ 31/4″	4′ 2″	4' 3″	4′*	4′ 51/4″	4′ 8″	4′ 8″	4′ 31/2″	4′ 31/2″*	4′ 31/2″	4′ 4″	4′ 31/2″	4′ 31/2″	4' 8″
Line of sight, whether independent	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Sights, goniometric, telescopic,  panorama or ordinary	P.	P.	T.G.	T.G.	G.	T.G.	T.G.	T.G.	T.P.	T.G.	T.G.	O.P.	T.G.	0.	O.P.
Length of gun, calibres .	30	30	28	30	36	27·3	29·4	24·4	30	30	30	30	30	30	29·2
Breech action, wedge, swinging  block,or eccentric screw	W.	W.	W.	W.	E.S.	W.	S.B.	S.B.	W.	W.	W.	S.B.	S.B.	W.	S.B.
Thickness of shield, inches	0·18	0·2	0·177	0·236	0·2	0·155	0·155*	0·155*	0·1575	0·118	0·236	0·2	0·18	0·17	0·2
Traverse on pivot or alongaxle	P.	P.	P.	P.	A.	P.	P.	P.	P.	P.	P.	A.	A.	P.	P.
Number of rounds in limber.. .	33	40	32	44	24	36	24	24	32	36	24	36	38	40	36
Number of rounds in wagon limber	30	40	40	48	24	36	28	28	32	36	24	40	38	48	36
Number of rounds in wagon body	60	61	40	72	72	52	48	48	64	60	64	48	60	48	70
Number of rounds per gun	168	242	192	284	312	1261	176	176	224	228	288	212	278	280	3582
Weight of wagon, packed cwt.	38·5	35·3	24	39·4	38·5	35	36·75	30·5	36	34·5*	34	38	32	35·3	37
No. of guns in battery	6	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	4	8	4	4	4
No. of wagons in battery	9	8	8	8	12	61	12	12	12	12	12	16	10	10	12
Maker.	State, Skoda &Ehrhardt	Krupp & Cockerill	Krupp	Krupp	State	State	State, Elswick Ordnance Co., Vickers, Maxim and Coventry Ordnance Works		Krupp	State and Krupp	Krupp	Putilov	Schneider	Krupp	State and Ehrhardt

These weights do not include the gunners.⁠Doubtful figures are marked thus.*
¹In addition to the wagons with light ammunition column, now raised to 62 per battery.⁠²Including four rounds with gun.