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junker · 21st January 2011, 07:15 PM

Hello,
here is a link for the second largest canon in europe called the "Faule Mette" from 1411 which was locatet in the city of Braunschweig, germany.
The balls had a weight of 550 kg and waer made of stone, the caliber was 76 cm. It was too heavy to take it away and was allways on the city walls. It just shoot 12 times and was cast in 1787

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faule_Mette

I saw one of the balls in the local museum
by the way there was one item which could be interestin for matchlock. There is also a 4 barreled wodden hand canon in the museum

21st January 2011, 07:15 PM	#10
junker Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 140	Faule Mette Hello, here is a link for the second largest canon in europe called the "Faule Mette" from 1411 which was locatet in the city of Braunschweig, germany. The balls had a weight of 550 kg and waer made of stone, the caliber was 76 cm. It was too heavy to take it away and was allways on the city walls. It just shoot 12 times and was cast in 1787 http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faule_Mette I saw one of the balls in the local museum by the way there was one item which could be interestin for matchlock. There is also a 4 barreled wodden hand canon in the museum