Russian experimental howitzer of 1722-nice pix

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by fernando

I guess not


http://www.napoleon-series.org/cgi-b...read;id=132725

Crickeys!! A whole lot of nothing!!!

It seems the Russians had an awesome array of unusual cannons!

Perhaps it is kept here;

http://artillery-museum.ru/en/schema-1.html

An extract from the link;

In the second half of the 18th century the history of Russian artillery is characterized with working out many experimental patterns for artillery guns that were offered for adoption in the army. Russian scientists-*artillerists tried to solve problems of increasing the firing rate and fire power of guns. An imteresting sample of such systems is the 3‑pounder experimental cast*-iron cannon with a rectangular barrel bore cast in Olonets in 1722. It was intended for firing three 3‑pound balls, which were wrapped round with linen and placed in one row on a wooden tray.

Cool stuff

Who ever provided these images, I'd love to see the rest of the museum in this detail.....