Hi Nando,
I don't see why you inherently preclude its use as a military weapon. Soldiers sometimes even made diagonal holes in the ground, filled them with BP and a stone, or other projectile, and fired them in large numbers in the general direction of the enemy...
Saludos
Manolo
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Originally Posted by fernando
Well, it would be a natural evolution if, for the purpose of signaling, the artillery cannon was replaced by the specific signal mortar at a later stage ... XVII-XVIII century ?
Fernando
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