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Here is a short vid of a guy firing my dad's home made replica of a old cannon....
It is built to spec and fires a 2.2 KG ball of lead....
To those who own a muzzle loading rifle, it takes about three shots to empty a can of sannadex, that is 166.6666666666667grams of sannadex per shot!!!
(For comparison, a normal muzzleloader uses not much more than a tablespoon of powder (Around 15 grams)
He does have permits for everything, (This ingenious country made it legal to own a cannon whithout a license, but you need a license to own a #2 pallet )
This is one of our small arsonel........
CANNON FIRE!
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Re: CANNON FIRE!
Errm.... I really dont know about this one.... All i know is that it is a 4 pounder... the first one we buold was a Napoleon Cannon, also a 4 pounder. and the third is Griekie, the cannon the Boers used at Blood River... the others are 1/4 pounders, about 9 of them....
what is a serpentine??
what is a serpentine??
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It’s the type of cannon.Adagio wrote: Errm.... I really dont know about this one.... All i know is that it is a 4 pounder... the first one we buold was a Napoleon Cannon, also a 4 pounder. and the third is Griekie, the cannon the Boers used at Blood River... the others are 1/4 pounders, about 9 of them....
what is a serpentine??
Like a Culverin, Howitzer, Demi-cannon,
a Serpentine is a very old cannon used against large groups of people instead of walls.
But its not that since its been used before Napoleon was born.
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thnx! I'll gi check it out... Got any idea where we can get blueprints? we have a lot of trouble finding them....
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I honestly don't know.
You are going to have to work off of descriptions.
I guess you can try a museum
We are more into counterweight and tension siege weapons.
Blueprints are surprisingly more common.
This is the trebuchet my high school friends are building. (or finished building)
You are going to have to work off of descriptions.
I guess you can try a museum
We are more into counterweight and tension siege weapons.
Blueprints are surprisingly more common.
This is the trebuchet my high school friends are building. (or finished building)
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I got some awesome footage of our Rhino G5 and G6 cannons that I took at a artillery open day, but I need to edit the videos lol ^^;
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I made some cool small trebuchets a while ago, nothing nearly as awesome as your friends' one though Splicer O.O
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