Another cannon ... this time a noise maker

[fernando]

Originally Posted by celtan

Hi Nando,

I don't see why you inherently preclude its use as a military weapon...

No, i don't ; discoverers and military, were a symbiosis... right?
It is to deprehend that, signaling with actual cannons was an inadequate procedure; soon the need for something more practical gave place to these portable noise makers.

Originally Posted by celtan

...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...

Fantastic; any method is good for making war .

Fernando