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As of 36 IA the Type-6FG is by far the most common artillery piece employed by the Infrastructural Army and the army's first breech loading cannon. It was first introduced in 19 IA and was most notably used (along with a number of older artillery pieces) as the battle of Troska (July 20th, 22 IA between the Infrastructural Army and the combined armies of Daagsgrad and Borogskov, decisive Infrastructural Victory). Over the next seven years the Type-6FG it would gradually become the primary cannon for the army while older cannons were either sold off, put in reserve or recycled, though production happened as a fairly low priority compared to other projects that Infrastructure had at the time. With the outbreak of the Escort war, the need for artillery has again gone up and so has production.

The Type-6FG is designed to fire metallic cartridged shells, using a interupted screw obturator to seal the breech. It has a steel rifled barrel. With a skilled crew it can achieve a rate of fire of six to eight shells per minute with an effective range of 3,500 meters. It can fire off a variety of ordinance, including solid shot, explosive shells and hailstorm rounds filled with lead balls. The original run of these cannons weighed 390 kilograms, with the newer batch weighing in at 425 kilograms to allow them to safely accept nitrocellulose ammunition.

The Type-6FG is employed by the Infrastructural military in a variety of ways, from coastal defense to mobile horse artillery units to some use as a naval weapon. When used as field artillery, these weapons are mounted on wooden carriages. While an all iron carriage does have some weight advantages over wooden ones, wooden gun carriages consume less steel in their construction and can be built by cartwrights. By the spring of 36 IA, some 300 of these cannons have been made for use by the Infrastructural army with more planned, even though field artillery takes a secondary priority to naval artillery and coastal defense guns.

Description
As of 36 IA the Type-6FG is by far the most common artillery piece employed by the Infrastructural Army and the army's first breech loading cannon. It was first introduced in 19 IA and was most notably used (along with a number of older artillery pieces) as the battle of Troska (July 20th, 22 IA between the Infrastructural Army and the combined armies of Daagsgrad and Borogskov, decisive Infrastructural Victory). Over the next seven years the Type-6FG it would gradually become the primary cannon for the army while older cannons were either sold off, put in reserve or recycled, though production happened as a fairly low priority compared to other projects that Infrastructure had at the time. With the outbreak of the Escort war, the need for artillery has again gone up and so has production.

The Type-6FG is designed to fire metallic cartridged shells, using a interupted screw obturator to seal the breech. It has a steel rifled barrel. With a skilled crew it can achieve a rate of fire of six to eight shells per minute with an effective range of 3,500 meters. It can fire off a variety of ordinance, including solid shot, explosive shells and hailstorm rounds filled with lead balls. The original run of these cannons weighed 390 kilograms, with the newer batch weighing in at 425 kilograms to allow them to safely accept nitrocellulose ammunition.

The Type-6FG is employed by the Infrastructural military in a variety of ways, from coastal defense to mobile horse artillery units to some use as a naval weapon. When used as field artillery, these weapons are mounted on wooden carriages. While an all iron carriage does have some weight advantages over wooden ones, wooden gun carriages consume less steel in their construction and can be built by cartwrights. By the spring of 36 IA, some 300 of these cannons have been made for use by the Infrastructural army with more planned, even though field artillery takes a secondary priority to naval artillery and coastal defense guns.