Limbers and caissons
Two-wheeled cart for carrying ammunition, or supporting the trail of an artillery piece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A limber is a two-wheeled cart designed to support the trail of an artillery piece, or the stock of a field carriage such as a caisson or traveling forge, allowing it to be towed. The trail is the hinder end of the stock of a gun-carriage, which rests or slides on the ground when the carriage is unlimbered.[1][2]: 107
A caisson (US: /ˈkeɪsɒn/) is a two-wheeled cart designed to carry artillery ammunition;[3] the British term is "ammunition wagon". Caissons are also used to bear the casket of the deceased in some state and military funerals in certain Western cultures, including the United States.[2]: 32