Editing New Model Army (section)

===Artillery===
[[Image:Demi-culverin-circa-1587.jpg|right|thumb|A typical cannon used during the English Civil War]]
The establishment of the New Model Army's [[artillery]] varied over time, and the artillery was administered separately from the Horse and Foot. At the Army's formation, Thomas Hammond (brother of Colonel Robert Hammond who commanded a Regiment of Foot) was appointed Lieutenant General of the Ordnance.{{sfn|Young|Holmes|2000|p=231}}

The establishment of the New Model also included at least two companies of "firelocks" or [[fusilier]]s, who wore "[[tawny (color)|tawny]] coats" instead of red,{{sfn|Firth|1972|p=88}} commanded initially by Major [[John Desborough]].{{sfn|Young|Holmes|2000|p=231}}

The artillery was used to most effect in [[sieges]], where its role was to blast breaches in fortifications for the infantry to assault. Cromwell and the other commanders of the Army were not trained in siege warfare and generally tried to take fortified towns by storm rather than go through the complex and time-consuming process of building earthworks and trenches around it so that batteries of cannon could be brought close to the walls to pound it into surrender. The Army generally performed well when storming fortifications, for example at the [[siege of Drogheda]], but paid a heavy price at [[siege of Clonmel|Clonmel]] when Cromwell ordered them to attack a well-defended breach.{{sfn|Wheeler|1999|pp=151-158}}