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Blockvagnar

English translation: Mortar wagons (waggons) or trucks

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Swedish term or phrase:Blockvagnar
English translation:Mortar wagons (waggons) or trucks
Entered by: Paoletrix

12:54 Feb 1, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / article on artillery seventeenth century
Swedish term or phrase: Blockvagnar
Blockvagnarna anvandes for transport av 24-
pundiga eldror och morsare.
Natalia Kreczmar
Local time: 15:26
Mortar wagons or trucks
Explanation:
Ref: (terms from American Civil War period but googling showed these terms were used earlier - this is a nice glossary):
TRUCK: A low stout carriage for moving guns.
MORTAR WAGON: Wagon designed for the transportation of siege mortars and their beds, heavy guns, and large shot and shell. The limber and wheels are the same as those of the gun carriage. The mortar was usually carried mounted on its bed.

MORTAR: An artillery tube with a short chamber, designed to fire shells, fire balls, and carcasses at high elevations (45 degrees) using a small powder charge. Mortars were usually sized by bore diameter in inches except for the smaller 12-pounder and 24-pounder sizes.
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Paoletrix
Sweden
Local time: 15:26
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1Mortar wagons or trucks
Paoletrix
5 -1clamping carriages
ojinaga


  

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Mortar wagons or trucks


Explanation:
Ref: (terms from American Civil War period but googling showed these terms were used earlier - this is a nice glossary):
TRUCK: A low stout carriage for moving guns.
MORTAR WAGON: Wagon designed for the transportation of siege mortars and their beds, heavy guns, and large shot and shell. The limber and wheels are the same as those of the gun carriage. The mortar was usually carried mounted on its bed.

MORTAR: An artillery tube with a short chamber, designed to fire shells, fire balls, and carcasses at high elevations (45 degrees) using a small powder charge. Mortars were usually sized by bore diameter in inches except for the smaller 12-pounder and 24-pounder sizes.



    Reference: http://www.civilwarartillery.com/glossary/glossarygz.htm
Paoletrix
Sweden
Local time: 15:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Yes! Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Marcolin: 4-wheeled waggon for heavy guns
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
clamping carriages


Explanation:
See also:http://www.linck-hvt.de/sprache2/n51958/i56725.html

ojinaga
Local time: 07:26
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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