Cannon Id help

BerberDagger · 11th April 2016, 10:27 AM

Hi , I would have more info Abaut This cannon ! It s iron 68 cm lenght with 45 kg weight ! Very heavy ! Any comment in origin and use ? Thanks

Roland_M · 11th April 2016, 01:05 PM

Hi,

i think, this is a Howitzer and of european origin. It is a weapon between a long canon and a mortar. It seems to be an early iron-Howitzer.

Roland

BerberDagger · 11th April 2016, 02:51 PM

Hi Roland What period in your opinion ?

CSinTX · 12th April 2016, 03:15 AM

Looks like a line throwing cannon to me.

https://www.google.com/search?q=line...UIBigB#imgrc=_

Shakethetrees · 12th April 2016, 06:16 AM

Is the inside of the vent threaded? If so I would second the line throwing gun ID.

Also, the trunions appear to be set along the center line of the bore. Most modern cannon, from about c. Mid-18th C. used as weapons had them set lower, almost tangential to the bore.

ChrisPer · 14th April 2016, 08:44 AM

The form of the reinforce around the trunnions precludes sighting. It is clearly an industrial age product, perhaps designed by patternmakers in a foundry but not by gunmakers, and the shapes suggest mid-later nineteenth century.

I feel that a line-throwing gun is a very good suggestion. There may be catalogue or other documentary evidence of its original purpose.

I too have an unresolved cannon ID of the period: Evans and Lowe Cannon, Dundee

CSinTX · 15th April 2016, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisPer

I too have an unresolved cannon ID of the period: Evans and Lowe Cannon, Dundee

Try posting it here. http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/blackpo...ast-artillery/

Most active cannon forum I have found.

broadaxe · 17th April 2016, 09:07 PM

Either a line-throwing or a signal (signal means for most fireworks) cannon, the trunnion arrangement is late, post-industrial revolution era, I guess late 19th century or early 20th.

11th April 2016, 10:27 AM	#1
BerberDagger Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 247	Cannon Id help Hi , I would have more info Abaut This cannon ! It s iron 68 cm lenght with 45 kg weight ! Very heavy ! Any comment in origin and use ? Thanks Attached Images

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Roland_M Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 525	Hi, i think, this is a Howitzer and of european origin. It is a weapon between a long canon and a mortar. It seems to be an early iron-Howitzer. Roland

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BerberDagger Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 247	Hi Roland What period in your opinion ?

12th April 2016, 03:15 AM	#4
CSinTX Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 233	Looks like a line throwing cannon to me. https://www.google.com/search?q=line...UIBigB#imgrc=_

12th April 2016, 06:16 AM	#5
Shakethetrees Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Louisiana Posts: 363	Is the inside of the vent threaded? If so I would second the line throwing gun ID. Also, the trunions appear to be set along the center line of the bore. Most modern cannon, from about c. Mid-18th C. used as weapons had them set lower, almost tangential to the bore.

14th April 2016, 08:44 AM	#6
ChrisPer Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 35	The form of the reinforce around the trunnions precludes sighting. It is clearly an industrial age product, perhaps designed by patternmakers in a foundry but not by gunmakers, and the shapes suggest mid-later nineteenth century. I feel that a line-throwing gun is a very good suggestion. There may be catalogue or other documentary evidence of its original purpose. I too have an unresolved cannon ID of the period: Evans and Lowe Cannon, Dundee

17th April 2016, 09:07 PM	#8
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	Either a line-throwing or a signal (signal means for most fireworks) cannon, the trunnion arrangement is late, post-industrial revolution era, I guess late 19th century or early 20th.