Operation
To serve a three to six pound piece, a minimum of four artillery men was required: One to put the geshwinda shot into the cannon, another to push the shot by a pole to the bottom of the pipe, a third to mount the fuse, and a fourth to fire the piece by a torch. The team was in charge of a konstapel, who should make sure that the whole aiming, loading and firing cyckle should complete witin five or six seconds.
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