cannon crews
Battery service members
Cannon crews are the teams of soldiers or sailors who operate artillery pieces.
Large cannons historically required multiple people working in coordination—loading, aiming, firing, and cleaning the barrel between shots.
The cannon crews drilled until they could fire three rounds per minute.
Modern artillery crews operate more sophisticated weapons but retain the same collaborative structure.
- ramrodGun-cleaning rod
- caissonWatertight underwater enclosure
- artillerymanSoldier operating heavy weaponry
- gunnerOne who fires artillery
- swabAbsorbent cleaning implement
black powder · cannonball · grape shot · limber · powder keg · loader · bombardment · spotter · lanyard · artillery officer · commander · field artillery · siege warfare · fuse wire · sponge · suppressive fire · American Civil War · thunder
- Union ArmyUnion Army, federal troops, bluecoats, Army of the Potomac, regulars
cannon crewsfoot soldiers
Ground-based military fighters
infantrymen · line infantry · musketeers · skirmishers · light infantry