Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Re: The oldest known handgun in existence, ca. 1400-10

Andi · 7th May 2014, 05:23 PM

I am wondering about the fact that DHM described its handgonne reconstruction with hook aquisition no W 86/1 as "Tannenberg-Büchse Nachbildung" (Tannenberg-Handgonne Reconstruction) while the original is without a hook. Even the second fragment of a bronze handgonne found in Tannenberg will not allow the reconstruction with a hook as this part was not preserved.
In my opinion DHM's description should have been expressed somewhat more generally without "Tannenberg".

7th May 2014, 05:23 PM	#64
Andi Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Halstenbek, Germany Posts: 202	I am wondering about the fact that DHM described its handgonne reconstruction with hook aquisition no W 86/1 as "Tannenberg-Büchse Nachbildung" (Tannenberg-Handgonne Reconstruction) while the original is without a hook. Even the second fragment of a bronze handgonne found in Tannenberg will not allow the reconstruction with a hook as this part was not preserved. In my opinion DHM's description should have been expressed somewhat more generally without "Tannenberg".