Very small cannon, age/purpose?

corrado26 · 6th January 2017, 10:22 AM

The size of this relict of 275mm is about a fifth of an original sixpounder canon of this type made in the second half of the 18th century.
I think this is a model made by a gunfactory to demonstrate their constructions to different war ministries. In many European Museums you can find good, sometimes very great collections of such models as in the Arsenal Museum of Kopenhagen, the Military Museum of Rastatt Castle/Germany and the Bavarian Army Museum.
corrado26

6th January 2017, 10:22 AM	#6
corrado26 Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Black Forest, Germany Posts: 1,226	The size of this relict of 275mm is about a fifth of an original sixpounder canon of this type made in the second half of the 18th century. I think this is a model made by a gunfactory to demonstrate their constructions to different war ministries. In many European Museums you can find good, sometimes very great collections of such models as in the Arsenal Museum of Kopenhagen, the Military Museum of Rastatt Castle/Germany and the Bavarian Army Museum. corrado26