Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2012, 10:01 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2012, 08:02 PM
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Amazing.
Fernando, the photos you...
Amazing.
Fernando, the photos you posted there are as close to what I'd call a "dead ringer" (identical) as you can get. I isolated and compared features of the boy's cannon to yours and...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th January 2012, 03:15 PM
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Too bad the photos did not show the area just...
Too bad the photos did not show the area just forward of the breech opening, as it appears to bear some type of raised symbol. One here is much larger and bears a kind of star with a button in the...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th January 2012, 02:09 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
5th January 2012, 02:07 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2012, 10:36 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd January 2012, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 39
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Forum: European Armoury
1st January 2012, 11:58 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
31st December 2011, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 39
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Maybe you missed it when Susi said the caption...
Maybe you missed it when Susi said the caption mentioned the turner was making torches. I assume those would be to illuminate when night work was required such as repairing battered walls, throwing...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2011, 06:41 PM
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I know very little about swords but have spent...
I know very little about swords but have spent much time separating historical items from items intended as decoration, and I suspect this is one of the latter. It does have some age, cound perhaps...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2011, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 39
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Thanks Spiri. You must be familiar with the...
Thanks Spiri. You must be familiar with the Museum of Artillery and Engineer Troops nearby. I love old artillery but was unaware of that great museum until I found the X???? website with many...
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Forum: European Armoury
30th December 2011, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 24,148
Susi, thanks! I often run into people who...
Susi, thanks! I often run into people who sincerely believe the lathe was not invented until about the 18th C if not later. This should shut them up.
Did you see the illustation of the woman...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th December 2011, 11:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
28th December 2011, 12:33 PM
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Thanks Michael. Hopefully Fernando can tell us...
Thanks Michael. Hopefully Fernando can tell us whether the Portuguese Army had a model exactly like this, because as far as I can tell this one is really a Spanish mountain gun "of 4." The auction...
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Forum: European Armoury
28th December 2011, 12:41 AM
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Replies: 39
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Wow, that's quite something, like a primer on...
Wow, that's quite something, like a primer on siege warfare, making gunpowder, various kinds of firearms, incendiary weapons, petards, scaling ladders, etc. etc. plus some pages I can't connect with...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th December 2011, 09:47 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th December 2011, 09:40 PM
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Spanish Mountain Gun with presentation
Some photos and a writeup that came with it. It is a Spanish Army mountain gun, 4 pounder, not a Portuguese weapon, unless the Portuguese exactly copied the Spanish model. Drawings of this model...
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Forum: European Armoury
27th December 2011, 08:50 PM
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Company of Military Historians etc.
Jim, I think our articles in the quarterly Journal are better, lots of color photos, more and more varied content, etc.
If anyone wants to join, please visit this page within our website:
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Forum: European Armoury
27th December 2011, 11:37 AM
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Replies: 16
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Nice!
I'm going to put a link back to this thread on my "regular" forum where I am the moderator, the Company of Military Historians Forum, because we have some folks interested in Spanish weapons there. ...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th December 2011, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 37
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Jim, I'm not trying to pose as an expert in any...
Jim, I'm not trying to pose as an expert in any sense, but looking at your question regarding recoil, I'd say the relative compaction of the powder isn't a major parameter in the recoil calculation,...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th December 2011, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 13
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Forum: European Armoury
24th December 2011, 11:44 AM
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Replies: 13
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Michael, thanks again for posting interesting...
Michael, thanks again for posting interesting photos. On the
is the entire lock a replacement or only the screws?
One other question, since you mention the flames, have you found any small...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th December 2011, 04:15 AM
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Replies: 8
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I should have mentioned that now this one may...
I should have mentioned that now this one may wind up being a "shooter." I would have to make some kind of shoulder stock for it in order to shoot it, because that is impossible now due to the...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2011, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd December 2011, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 8
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The rest of the pix
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/cannonmn/miscforumsetc/Forums60/iron%20hackbut/IMG_1961.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/cannonmn/miscforumsetc/Forums60/iron%20hackbut/IMG_1963a.jpg...
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