tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639060509526455325.post2658776925621388228..comments2024-01-08T06:44:49.573-08:00Comments on The Steadfast Tin Soldier: O.S. Artillery Device.Mosstrooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08744308664219116701noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639060509526455325.post-29104855567204275682013-02-25T22:20:28.107-08:002013-02-25T22:20:28.107-08:00Excellent device well executed.Excellent device well executed.tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639060509526455325.post-74215909668841263942013-02-24T23:34:56.461-08:002013-02-24T23:34:56.461-08:00I don't know what the book will say, but i do ...I don't know what the book will say, but i do seem to recall reading somewhere that even smoothbore guns were more apt to err in distance rather than laterally. Which suggests that the 'long axis' of the spider should be along the line of fire. <br /><br />One infers from the book cover that the incoming is intended to be from the unit's front, but it could conceivably be from a flank. It is not implausible to suppose Mr Featherstone wanted to show the effect of enfilade fire, which itself indicates long axis = line of fire.Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639060509526455325.post-50062873395316333232013-02-24T22:22:09.883-08:002013-02-24T22:22:09.883-08:00I see what you mean , will check in the book again...I see what you mean , will check in the book again Mosstrooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08744308664219116701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6639060509526455325.post-92122293323090283642013-02-24T20:14:54.541-08:002013-02-24T20:14:54.541-08:00Shouldn't this be oriented 90 degrees one way ...Shouldn't this be oriented 90 degrees one way or the other? Over/under seems a more likely deviation than left/right; firing axis should run through 2,3,4,5.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com