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December 24, 2021, 04:20 PM | #1 |
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Muzzle loader cannon in modern times
Truck mounted cannon launching balls into a building. You can see the balls sailing slowly in an arc through the air. Then it impacts with an explosion and cloud of dust. If you're on the receiving end, it's the O.S.! Run away! Run away!
https://youtu.be/a5DJbPgrGWs
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December 25, 2021, 02:18 AM | #2 |
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Not enough smoke and too much recoil to be a black powder muzzle loader.
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December 25, 2021, 09:40 AM | #3 |
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How are exploding cannon balls made?
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December 26, 2021, 06:02 AM | #4 |
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December 26, 2021, 10:08 AM | #5 |
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How were explosive shells made? Hollow artilery shell filled with blackpowder and a cannon fuse cut to length to match the time of flight. Think Wile E. Coyote bomb. By the time of the American Civil War, mechanical fuses were around (as was friction firing fuses for cannons).
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December 26, 2021, 10:09 AM | #6 |
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Bill - they could be using cordite or something salvaged from an artillery shell as propellant. Safety rules are overrated (by them).
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December 26, 2021, 11:17 AM | #7 |
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Not shown being loaded, darn it.
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December 26, 2021, 08:28 PM | #8 |
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It MAY be a muzzle loader, certainly doesn't appear to have a way to breech load it obvious. But, if you think this is an old timey "pirate" cannon firing round balls, you're not looking closely enough.
Watch the shot as it flies, it WOBBLES. Its not a round ball, its oblong and most likely a scavenged artillery projectile, possibly modified. There are two different gun barrels being shown, the one at the beginning is different from the one shown 30 seconds in...and the breeches are different. Nor is it shooting black powder. Its something else being used, something that doesn't smoke as much as actual black powder. Its an improvised bomb thrower, and we don't have any way of knowing if the gun being fired is actually the one hitting the building and doing the damage. The second gun looks like an original cannon breech with trunions was used with a "subcaliber" tube inserted, using the old trunnions as part of the gun mount. Also note it is being "fired" by someone well off camera using a long lanyard. Its possible the thing is bits of real images photoshopped/edited/CGI to make it appear to be something its not. of course, some folks will believe its real, after all, they saw it on the Internet!
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