artillery loop

{{Short description|Type of knot}}

{{Infobox knot

| name=Artillery loop

| image=Gareelsteek.jpg

| names=Artilleryman's knot, Manharness knot,{{citation |last=Ashley |first=Clifford W. |title=The Ashley Book of Knots |year= 1944 |publisher=Doubleday |location=New York |page=32 }} Manharness loop, Harness loop,{{citation |last=Ashley |first=Clifford W. |title=The Ashley Book of Knots |year= 1944 |publisher=Doubleday |location=New York |page=191 }} Harness hitch, Belayer's hitch,{{Cite book

| last = Gregory

| first = John Forrest

| title = Rock sport: tools, training, and techniques for climbers

| publisher = Stackpole books

| edition = 1st

| location = US

| date = 1989

| page = 41

| isbn = 0811722961

| url = https://archive.org/details/rocksporttoolstr0000greg/page/41

}} Sandy Douglass knot{{cite magazine|title=The Sandy Douglass Knot|magazine=Knotting Matters|publisher=International Guild of Knot Tyers|issue=77|page=34-35|issn=0959-2881}}

| type= loop

| strength=

| origin=

| related= Farmer's loop, Alpine butterfly knot, Span loop, Marlinespike hitch

| releasing= Non-jamming

| uses=

| caveat= Must have load, may slip unexpectedly under tension creating a running knot or noose

| abok_number=#153, #428, #532,Entry #532 on page 87 of The Ashley Book of Knots shows a diagram of the alpine butterfly knot under the name harness loop. Ashley appears to have illustrated or named the incorrect knot in this case. The butterfly knot, under the name Lineman's Loop, is shown and discussed as a distinct and specific knot throughout the rest of the book. #1050, #1051

}}

The artillery loop is a knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes. The artillery loop must have the loop loaded or it will slip and contract easily. It is an inferior knot to the alpine butterfly knot, possibly dangerously so, in that it can be yanked out of shape and turn into a running knot or noose.{{citation|author=Cyrus Lawrence Day|title=The Art of Knotting and Splicing|edition=4th|location=Annapolis|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1986|pages=80–81}}

Budworth states that this knot is often described as being best suited to take a load on only one of the ends, but reliable information on which end is difficult to find. {{cite book | last1 = Budworth | first1 = Geoffrey | title = The Knot Book | publisher = Constable & Robinson | year = 2012 | location = London| pages = 106 | isbn = 978-0716023043}}