Gun Batteries

I maybe stupid, but......

why are Gun Batteries, called batteries?

Because they take a big charge!!!!!! :lol:

Steve

Isn't 'Battery', a collective name given to more that one gun 'on site'?

Certainly, in books you read 'battery fire',- and that normally means, a barrage, ie pre battle of el alamein.

Further 'proof', comes from Ian Hoggs, Barrage, the guns in action.

The below is laying out a british field regt, of 1944/45. as a model.

-quote,"The field regiment,a lieutenant-colonel's command,was sub-divided into three gun batteries and a headquaters battery. The HQ carried clerks,cooks,armourers,regimental policemen and all those odd bodies whose presence is vital but generally unsung.It also contained the adjutant and his command post and a party of surveyors.

As well as the above, also contained within, communication signallers,(wireless)to the gun batteries,to the next higher HQ, and to other field reg.within the Div.

The gun batteries each had eight guns: 25pdr,with a max range of 13,400 yards,........" - end of quote.

Hope this is of some interest.

PS, Jack, 2nd article in CMV, is as good as the 1st. congrats.

All the best.

Andy

PS, Jack, 2nd article in CMV, is as good as the 1st. congrats.

 

All the best.

Andy

Cheers Andy, very much appreciated 8)

Part 3 done 8)

Cheers.

Jack.

You going to post your articles up on here then Jack? So us poor people can read them :cry:

The origin of the term Battery is almost certainly from the ancient French, another corruption as is Artillery.

You going to post your articles up on here then Jack? So us poor people can read them :cry:

:shock: , hold on, I will have a whip round for you :twisted:

:shock: , hold on, I will have a whip round for you :twisted:

That's very generous of you Jack, if you could come up with enough for a WC52 it would be very much appreciated.

I would imagine they are classed as "batteries" as they are laid out in rows as per the batteries in a radio or wireless :shock:

Think you'll find gun batteries were in use long before electrical batteries.

I would imagine they are classed as "batteries" as they are laid out in rows

Could have been called cemetery's or sausages then !

Hi all I think I have found the answer to this question please follow this link and read the bottom of the paqge:

http://web2.airmail.net/napoleon/artillery_tactics.htm

the bit about the 10 Grand Batteries I think that explains it.

Good find Mark. Its amazing how many common military sayings originate from the French: Battery, Artillery, Brigadier, Fusileer, Revetement, Van, Enfilad and I'm sure dozens more.

Yes the point is identical units operating together eg an electrical battery is a battery of cells. So when you buy a 1.5 volt battery it isn't really a battery as such it is just a cell.

The Joint Service Glossary JSP 110 describes a battery as "all guns, torpedo tubes, searchlights or missile launchers of the same size or calibre or used for the same purpose either installed in one ship or otherwise operating as an entity."

HE, HE, HE HE,.......... :lol: :lol:

COR, I suspect thats going to go down like a ,......No, I can't use that example, its a family forum, after all,..................,like a lead balloon.

Although, thinking about it,.............................. :lol:

Won battles, Yes;.....but wars :?: :?: :?:

Cheers for that, Richard.

Andy

Gentlemen, I am not a moderator of this forum, but may I remind you that we have an International clientel.

Not all countries are "Conflictly Gifted" like Britain!!

Perhaps that is a good thing on occasions?

Steve

Wasn't so at work today :cry:

Got shafted by the Germans - again!!! So much for all our work going by 2010 - looks like most of mine will be gone in a few weeks. Oh the joys of working for a "Global" company who's leaders still think Germany is the last bastion of the West against Communism..... :cry:

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Don't get me started on "political correctness",

Andy

........keep it on topic please gents :wink: