A
term applied to define the portion of the interior slope of a battery parapet
measured from the foot of the interior slope to the sole of an embrasure
at the neck or to the crest of the interior slope of a barbette battery.
The genouillère was the part of the parapet that shielded the lower
portions of both gun and artillerists when the gun was run into battery.
The height of the genouillère was adjusted according to the weight
of the gun and its carriage: heavy artillery mounted on siege carriages required
a genouillère of about 2 feet, 9 inches for field guns and 4 feet
for guns mounted on siege carriages.
A
term applied to define the portion of the interior slope of a battery parapet
measured from the foot of the interior slope to the sole of an embrasure
at the neck or to the crest of the interior slope of a barbette battery.
The genouillère was the part of the parapet that shielded the lower
portions of both gun and artillerists when the gun was run into battery.
The height of the genouillère was adjusted according to the weight
of the gun and its carriage: heavy artillery mounted on siege carriages required
a genouillère of about 2 feet, 9 inches for field guns and 4 feet
for guns mounted on siege carriages.
