Russian experimental howitzer of 1722-nice pix

Gavin Nugent · 14th April 2012, 12:32 PM

Sure is interesting....did the link now gone share anything about the museum this sits in?

fernando · 14th April 2012, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by freebooter

Sure is interesting....did the link now gone share anything about the museum this sits in?

I guess not

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

Gavin Nugent · 14th April 2012, 01:56 PM

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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.....

Dmitry · 14th April 2012, 02:23 PM

I've got a book titled Artillery of Peter the Great, will check it after I get back home.
Off the cuff - Russian artillery was quite renown in Europe in the 18th-19th c. for its efficiency and innovations

M ELEY · 16th April 2012, 05:10 PM

Some extremely early swivel cannons mounted to the rails had barrels exactly like this shape- See Gilkerson's 'Boarders Away 2', pg 47, which fired 'hail-shot', the first form of schrapnel of its kind. It fired odd block-like shot that was stacked like bricks. I'm assumiing it was swapped in come sort of carcass.

cannonmn · 16th April 2012, 05:40 PM

The museum is the Museum of Artillery, Engineers, and Signal Troops in St. Petersburg, Russia. If you have never been to this website which has hundreds of photos of things most of us have never seen before, say goodbye to whatever other things you had planned for today and enjoy it.

http://www.xenophon-mil.org/rusarmy/...eum/arttbl.htm

14th April 2012, 12:32 PM	#1
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Sure is interesting....did the link now gone share anything about the museum this sits in?

14th April 2012, 02:23 PM	#4
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	I've got a book titled Artillery of Peter the Great, will check it after I get back home. Off the cuff - Russian artillery was quite renown in Europe in the 18th-19th c. for its efficiency and innovations

16th April 2012, 05:10 PM	#5
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,156	Some extremely early swivel cannons mounted to the rails had barrels exactly like this shape- See Gilkerson's 'Boarders Away 2', pg 47, which fired 'hail-shot', the first form of schrapnel of its kind. It fired odd block-like shot that was stacked like bricks. I'm assumiing it was swapped in come sort of carcass.

16th April 2012, 05:40 PM	#6
cannonmn Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 161	The museum is the Museum of Artillery, Engineers, and Signal Troops in St. Petersburg, Russia. If you have never been to this website which has hundreds of photos of things most of us have never seen before, say goodbye to whatever other things you had planned for today and enjoy it. http://www.xenophon-mil.org/rusarmy/...eum/arttbl.htm