You got guns, you need limbers (NOT CAISSONS!),
and Gribeauval's limber is the subject of these sheets, there will be a caisson
along in a while! Obviously while British limbers carried 'ready rounds', the French
didn't, but I believe the box on the guns managed the wherewithal for a few
rounds while the separate ammunition caisson could be brought up and distribute
more? In he end, the French discarded the Gribeauval system (after Napoleon had
his Waterloo) and adopted ours with full ammunition-locker limbers, which they
gave to the Americans in time for their [un]civil war.
With a full team of four horses - see final sheet below.
It should be noted that this limber was
also used on the French caisson and other drawn vehicles like the field-forge
(both available from Historex), spare-wheel wagons etc.
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Thought for the day
If near-side (left) and off-side (right)
were correct for French and American horse teams, and we Brit's still have the
near-side closest the curb (and furthest from the driver) on the left, are the rest
of the world 'actually, really' driving on the wrong side? I think the evidence
of vehicular nomenclature says they are!!! Go lefties!
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