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A very late response to this question of when did the mountain howitzer get its own field carriage?
The 12 pounder mountain howitzer was ordered for the army by Secretary of war, Lewis Cass in 1835. It was based on a French design. Does this sound familiar? Although some have called this the M1836, officially it is known as the model M-1835 and entered service in 1837. Made by the Cyrus Alger & Co in Massachusetts, it was made of a bronze casting. The gun carriage provided when the gun entered service was a special design for this small howitzer and came in two designs. The first was the carriage for mountain and rough country service and the second type was the prairie carriage, for service in flat country. There was some differences between the two carriage such as the mountain carriage was lighter, weighed 277 pounds, and was narrower then the prairie carriage which weighed 363 pounds. There were other differences which were mostly in the dimensions of the two carriages not readily evident when first seen. This carriage in both types was available when the gun was produced in 1837.

Ron

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