31420 Confederate Artillery Crewman with Sponge and Rammer WWII K&C Fall of Berlin-Red Army and Fort Wagner

and Fort Wagner

as was the custom of the time

Crouching down beside his field telephone this signaller receives the latest battlefield information… or perhaps instructions from a superior

the oil paint creating a protective surface encased by the linseed oil and pigments

This K&C ‘Rasputin’ is dressed in a priest’s plain

31420 Confederate Artillery Crewman with Sponge and Rammer WWII K&C Fall of Berlin-Red Army and Fort WagnerConfederate Artillery Crewman with Sponge and Rammer Most of the artillery used during the war were still muzzle loading weapons requiring the powder charge and projectile to be loaded from the front. For a gun crew to get off the maximum number of accurate rounds per minute, they used a system whereby each man had a number. His number indicated his main task, with the number 1 position stationed at the right front of the muzzle. His main piece of