Another cannon ... this time a noise maker

[celtan]

Hi Nando,

I don't see why you inherently preclude its use as a military weapon. Soldiers sometimes even made diagonal holes in the ground, filled them with BP and a stone, or other projectile, and fired them in large numbers in the general direction of the enemy...

Saludos

Manolo

Originally Posted by fernando

Well, it would be a natural evolution if, for the purpose of signaling, the artillery cannon was replaced by the specific signal mortar at a later stage ... XVII-XVIII century ?
Fernando