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Plan of Fort Narrien, c.1830, a forti cation in which guns would be mounted. This existed on the present site of 44 Sqn RLC and adjoining housing.
ingly, this meant the centre of gravity was not in the dead centre and gave rise to an erratic ight path. Similarly, the gun barrel had to be larger than the shot to accommodate such variations. The allowance of space between the surface of the shot and the wall of the bore was known as ‘windage’ and was a weakness inherent in the system, as when the powder was red, a certain portion of unignited propellant would simply be blown through the gap. This was a loss of power and of vital war materiel. However, these guns of 1859 had reduced this windage to the smallest possible degree.
Two points to note about the 1859 guns are as follows. It is a happy coincidence that they were produced in Woolwich whilst Maj Gen Frederick Marow Eardley-Wilmot, whose name is borne on the breech, was Superintendent of the gun foundry there. His previous posting had been as
Portrait of Major General Frederick Eardley Wilmot, Royal Artillery. Former Captain of Cadets at RMA Woolwich and later Superintendent of the Gun Foundry
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