31418 - "Ready to Fire!" Union M1841 12 Pound Howitzer K&C Napoleon in Egypt then back to the Marine

then back to the Marine Corps

After stalemate and siege

While his kneeling officer provides covering fire

During the War of 1812

and shipping description

31418 - "Ready to Fire!" Union M1841 12 Pound Howitzer K&C Napoleon in Egypt then back to the MarineReady to Fire! Union M1841 12 Pound Howitzer In the annals of artillery, armies employed field guns for direct fire and mortars for high angle fire and the howitzer lay in between. The M1841 12 pound Howitzer first saw action in the Mexican American War, 1846 and continued in the Civil War, primarily in the Western Theater. At the Battle of Pea Ridge, 67 March 1862, both armies were equipped with Model 1841 artillery pieces. By now these guns were