Model of a 12 pounder Armstrong BL gun

Brass, copper and wood model in approximately 1/12 scale of a 12 pounder Armstrong breech loading (BL) gun, mounted on a wooden plinth with red felt attached to the base. The gun carriage and trail are made from a heavy, close grained wood, such as cherry wood. Barrel is of turned brass, as are most of the metal fittings. The brass screw elevator operates, raising and lowering the barrel, while the traverse wheel turns, but does not traverse the barrel. The oak wheels display the correct dished pattern and are fitted with brass tyres. Accessories provided with the model include a sponge bucket, pair of sponge brushes and a trail spike with copper linking chain. A brass plate, professionally engraved with the words '12 POUNDER ARMSTRONG B.L. GUN 1860' is screwed to the front of the base. A separate perspex cover has been made to fit the base.

Model of a 12 pounder Armstrong breech-loading gun in approximately one-twelfth scale. The 12 pounder Armstrong was developed in the late 1850s and represented a radical departure from pervious muzzle loaded artillery, in that it combined a rifled barrel with a new breech-loading mechanism. Further innovations included a carriage with elevation and traverse adjusting mechanisms. The Armstrong was chosen as the ideal artillery piece to arm the newly created Victorian Volunteer Artillery Corps and 12 pounder versions were ordered by the Victorian Government between 1864 and 1870. Ultimately six 12 pounders were ordered by the Victorian Government, and two by the Western Australian Government. Gun number 370 is now in the Memorial's collections (see REL/10182.001).

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