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Offline Macruran

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the reality of giant cannons
« on: July 11, 2015, 19:06:13 »
I always thought those huge sized PM cannons, the short ones with the giant cannonballs, looked fakey, but it seems they have a historical basis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumhart_von_Steyr
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Re: the reality of giant cannons
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2015, 19:26:38 »
Yeah they are surprisingly good at finding prototypes for stuff they want to do. Realistic in siege warfare, not so much on pirate ships.

We had a thread a while back somewhere about things in real life that match Playmobil. I should look that up and add a couple of things I've seen when traveling to Germany.
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Re: the reality of giant cannons
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2015, 21:57:36 »
Yes, they were some in the American civil war.
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Re: the reality of giant cannons
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2015, 22:04:10 »
We use the big berthas for our war fare games, not so much as a realistic artifact. Even though they really existed it just takes up so much room, especially on a pirate boat.

The pictures of the real one always remind me of the game where you have a cup shaped holder with a wooden ball on a string and you try to catch the ball in the cup ....made for a giant
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Re: the reality of giant cannons
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2015, 09:49:34 »
I always liked the big berthas and the specific parts coming with them  like for the transport of the cannonballs BUT never liked their cannonballs , they look so fake and ugly and diminished the otherwise nice design of the big berthas.....  :hmm: :hmm:
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Re: the reality of giant cannons
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2015, 20:09:35 »
i believe we are talking more of a mortar then of a cannon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortar_(weapon).
in the 18-19th century there were special gunboats used to carry 1 or 2 of these for special operations.
they were called bomb vessesls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_vessel

other cannon-like weapons (with extra diameter mouths) were the carronades, quite usual in both french and british navy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carronade
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Re: the reality of giant cannons
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2015, 23:35:57 »
Great info, thanks. Always more to learn.

But...why aren't you posting in Courier?
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Re: the reality of giant cannons
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2015, 13:41:55 »
[font=courier:-[ ]my god, i missed courier.
i use it so that is easier for me to look for my posts.
anyway, there's a new way to find all we need in klickypedia using the search box.
for all pirate cannons just type "cannons" - http://www.klickypedia.com/?s=cannons
:) you can also look all the islands or boats or...[/font]
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