Horse-mounted Rockets
by Science Photo Library
Title
Horse-mounted Rockets
Artist
Science Photo Library
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Rockets on a pack horse, 1813. A pack horse carrying six-pound 'service rockets', designed by Sir William Congreve. The rocket consisted of a warhead (solid shot or explosive shell), fixed to a brass cylinder filled with gunpowder and carried in the side panniers. This missile was stabilised by a long pole, similar to a firework, carried in the large box. The rockets were notoriously inaccurate, the Duke of Wellington having banned them from his campaign in Spain. A troop of rockets from the Royal Horse Artillery fought with the Austrian Army at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, their primary effect being to frighten the enemy by their noise.
Uploaded
September 20th, 2018
Embed
Share
Comments
There are no comments for Horse-mounted Rockets. Click here to post the first comment.