Model of a 60-Pounder Gun on Slide and Pivot

Model of a long 60-pounder cannon on a traversing sled on a baseboard, incomplete. The barrel, 36 cm long with a caliber of 20 mm, has a cascabel ring with a removable breechblock, a sight at the rear (the cap is missing), one at the level of the trunnions and one at the front, and a percussion lock that strikes at an angle; the grape is flat. The upper carriage, narrower at the front than at the rear, consists of two cheeks with four steps, connected by a diagonal knee, the axle boxes and two bolts passing through the two cheeks; the sole plate and leveling wedge are missing. Metal axles run through the axle boxes, on the ends of which the wheels are attached. The wheels serve only for transporting the carriage next to the sled, but can also be mounted under the sled. In position, the upper carriage rests with the axle boxes on the beams of the sled.