9 Pounder Smooth Bore Cannon

9 Pounder Smooth Bore Cannon on display at The Royal Canadian Artillery Museum at Canadian Forces Base Shilo home of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery located in Shilo Manitoba Canada

 

9 Pounder Smooth Bore Cannon

In 1867, Canadian Gunners used the 9 Pounder Smooth Bore Cannon (9 Pounder SB) as their primary field gun. The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery features the 9 Pounder SB on their cap badge.

 

The brass 9 Pounder SB was in British service from 1805-1881. Canadian militia batteries used the gun from 1865-1876. In 1871, A & B Batteries became the first full-time and regular Canadian militia elements and used the 9 Pounder SB until 1873.

 

The 9 Pounder SB fired a round shot loaded from the muzzle. With no recoil system, the gun rolled backward after each fire, making repositioning and re-aiming necessary between rounds.

 

This gun was cast in 1812 and is on an original 1859 pattern 12 hundredweight field carriage.

Weight of projectile: 9 pounds (4.4 kilograms)

Range: 1,400 yards (1,280 meters)

Detachment: gun and limber, ammunition wagon, 12 gunners and 13 horses

Source: RCA

 

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