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'''[[Mountain Artillery]]''' was developed to allow field guns to accompany forces operating in mountainous regions. They needed to move as fast as infantry and be readied for action in the shortest time possible. The first mountain train in India was formed in 1840 and the only guns suitable for carriage by mule were the bronze 3-pounder SBML and 4.25" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howitzer howitzehowitzer]r with a range of about 800 yards (730 metres) . Mules could carry about 100kg and the guns were dismantled into three loads (piece, carriage and wheels).

In 1865 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rifling rifling] increased the range of the muzzle loader to 3,000 yards (2,740 metres). The [http://riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/local/rbl6.htm RBL 6-pounder 2.5"] was recommended to the British Army as a mountain gun in 1858. It weighed 3 cwt (153 kg) and was considered too heavy . It was superseded in 1864 by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RML_7_pounder_Mountain_Gun RML 7-pounder Mountain Gun].

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gun Mountain gun] Wikipedia<br>*[http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_screwguns1.htm Screw guns] www.kipling.org <br>*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160218023419/http://limbergunners.ca/html/_history_of_the_screw_gun.html "The History Of The Screw Gun"] By Colonel J.R.M. Hubel limbergunners.ca, now archived. *[http://web.archive.org/web/20110816182351/http://warandgame.com/2008/03/31/colonial-mountain-battery-screw-guns/ Colonial Mountain Battery Screw Guns] warandgame.com, now archived*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyarmaments/fieldguns/arm7pounderrml.htm RML 7-pounder] British Empire website<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_ordnance_terms List of British ordnance terms] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition Ammunition] Wikipedia<br>===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/2.5-inch-rml-steel-jointed-gun-hdbk-1888/mode/2up ''Handbook for the 2.5-inch Rifled Muzzleloading Steel (Jointed) Gun, Mule and Camel Equipment, 1888''] HMSO. Archive.org*[https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/s6pvau/alma992240093607636 ''Provisional handbook for the 2. 95-in Q. F. mountain gun, mark 1, mule equipment, 1901''] Published London HMSO. With plates, including Mule plates. State Library of Victoria. (Note, catalogued slightly differently as 2.F Mountain gun).:[https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/s6pvau/alma992206293607636 ''Handbook for the 2.95 inch q.f. mountain gun, mark I mule equipment. 1906'']. Published London. With plates, including Mule plates. State Library of Victoria. Also available [https://archive.org/details/2.95-inch-mtn-gun-mk-i-hdbk-1906/mode/2up Archive.org].:[https://find.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/61SLV_INST/s6pvau/alma992101043607636 ''Handbook of the q.f, 3.7-inch mountain howitzer, mark I, 1921''] State Library of Victoria. The handbook contains text relating to the loading of mules, but not the illustrative plates which were issued separately. :There possibly may be similar online volumes also on the the State Library of Victoria website. :Within the catalogue entry, click on "Available at: State Library Victoria online viewer". ==References==<references/>