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Published: 2010-10-10 20:18:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 350; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 14
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Description 10" Rodman smooth-bore muzzleloading cannon on iron carriage. This gun could propel a 125 lb. ball slightly over a mile at 5 degrees elevation. It could be fired to a much greater distance, but crude sights prevented accuracy at extreme ranges.
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Comments: 4

Claveworks [2010-10-11 15:27:45 +0000 UTC]

Instant deafness if you were standing nearby...

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Skoshi8 In reply to Claveworks [2010-10-11 17:17:12 +0000 UTC]

Yes, but I don't think that they fired the guns too often. This type of fort and cannon became obsolete shortly after the 1860's. What a waste of a million dollars.

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Claveworks In reply to Skoshi8 [2010-10-12 10:40:31 +0000 UTC]

Forts are funny things, they kind of make sense in that you want to be behind the thickest walls possible, but then they become a target for all the weapons your enemy can bring...

A million dollars was a hell of a lot back then...

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Skoshi8 In reply to Claveworks [2010-10-13 00:36:09 +0000 UTC]

Which is why nobody has them much anymore except the Swedes and the Spanish.

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