Danish Artillery
1 pounder gun: Due to the very light weight of the 1 pounder cannon, it is generally not a useful piece in the majority of roles. It is supposed to be deployed principally with artillery units in Norway, where it actually can get around the mountainous country, in stark contrast to heavier guns. Constructed from bronze.
3 pounder gun: This is supposed to serve as a battalion gun, made with a bronze bore to be light enough to easily move around. The gun weight is 275 kilograms, with a length of 160cm, a bore of 7.4cm, and it fires, as one might imagine, a ball weighing 1.4 kilograms, from a charge 1/3 of its weight. A chambered bore is supposedly important for achieving important savings in cost and weight.
6 pounder gun: With a weight sufficient to be mobile and a heavy enough ball to pose a danger to the enemy, the 6 pounder is supposed to be the normal field artillery gun. In addition they are used on warships as lighter guns, such as on unranked ships or as small guns on frigates. Constructed from iron.
9 pounder gun - Typically used as a chase gun on ships. Constructed from iron.
12 pounder gun: The heaviest gun which is intended to be deployed with the field artillery, the 12 pounder in its short barreled version is a battlefield weapon, while the long-barrelled 12 pounder is mostly used for siege and on naval warships. There, they equip frigates and the lightest batteries on the ships of the line. Constructed from iron.
18 pounder gun: 18 pounder guns are not deployed with the field artillery, and are only somewhat rarely used to equip the field artillery. Generally they are used to equip medium batteries on ships of the line and coastal defense guns. Constructed from iron.
24 pounder gun: The heaviest siege artillery gun in standard use, it also serves as the generally heavy battery on ships of the line. On boats it is commonly used as the heavy gun. Other navies tend to have larger guns for their ships of the line but Denmark-Norway uses lighter ones to prevent the ships from being overloaded, so they can transit through its shallow waters with greater ease. Constructed from iron.
36 pounder gun: As mentioned previously these guns are not often deployed on Danish-Norwegian naval ships. Instead, the small numbers of them that are possessed by Denmark-Norway are used in fortifications, principally for coastal defense. Constructed from iron.
12 pound howitzer: The standard light howitzer, these guns are relatively lightweight yet capable of providing shellfire to support units. They are sometimes broken off into battalion or regimental guns. They are typically constructed out of bronze.
24 pound howitzer: The heavier howitzer used by the army, it is both deployed in the field and as a siege weapon. Constructed from iron.
25 pound mortar: The standard light siege mortar of the army. Constructed from iron.
50 pound mortar: The standard heavy siege mortar of the army. Constructed from iron.
Most of the artillery of Denmark-Norway comes from production in Norway, where there are extensive forests available for providing the charcoal for the production of iron, as well as the iron ore reserves themselves. It is intended that much of the artillery is to be improved with chambered bore, removing excessive decorations, and more carefully designing the barrels so that the guns are more accurate and weigh less. Older guns are to be melted down to make new guns.
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