Last fall, I was reading something on the web that equated the capacity of a fortification to square footage --- like 3 square yards per man and 120 square yards per artillery piece --- think it was an early 1800's british army manual but now I have totally forgotten the source. I also think it made a reference the interval between soldiers needed to securely man a fortification wall. Any hints? Is there a better forum location to post this question?
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After 3 days of searching, I may have found it, unsure as I thought I was reading a british reference.
http://civilwarfortifications.com/dictionary/xgr-015.html
I think maybe link, under redoubt --- totally awesome web page. Wish JJ had read this site before designing the blockhouse.
"The area required by a garrison was determined by allowing 1.5 square yards for each man and about 60 square yards for each gun (including its caisson and limber). A garrison consisting of 200 men and 4 guns would require at least 540 square yards ((1.5 x 200)+ (4 x 60)) of unencumbered space within the work."
Interval is 1 yard.
http://civilwarfortifications.com/dictionary/xgr-015.html
I think maybe link, under redoubt --- totally awesome web page. Wish JJ had read this site before designing the blockhouse.
"The area required by a garrison was determined by allowing 1.5 square yards for each man and about 60 square yards for each gun (including its caisson and limber). A garrison consisting of 200 men and 4 guns would require at least 540 square yards ((1.5 x 200)+ (4 x 60)) of unencumbered space within the work."
Interval is 1 yard.
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Fraxinus,
Also true for British Fortifications in the Field 1870's put out by RE Standing Orders. 1 yard sounds about right.
Mike
Also true for British Fortifications in the Field 1870's put out by RE Standing Orders. 1 yard sounds about right.
Mike
http://civilwarfortifications.com/dictionary/dictionary.html
This link goes to the main page of the "dictionary".
This link goes to the main page of the "dictionary".
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From J. Laband on British Forts.
Army standing orders laid down that companies were never to be broken up into detachments, so the least garrison in any one case had to be one company. At the same time, the garrison’s defensive rifle-fire to be effective, the men should be ranged quite densely along the parapet of a fort, with about one rifle every 0.9 m (2 ft 9 inches) and a fifth of the garrison in reserve: Very close to 1 yard, I'd say.
Mike
Army standing orders laid down that companies were never to be broken up into detachments, so the least garrison in any one case had to be one company. At the same time, the garrison’s defensive rifle-fire to be effective, the men should be ranged quite densely along the parapet of a fort, with about one rifle every 0.9 m (2 ft 9 inches) and a fifth of the garrison in reserve: Very close to 1 yard, I'd say.
Mike