Breech loading 1450-1550

Matchlock · 5th April 2009, 03:37 PM

From Kisak's great thread:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=9653

Thanks a lot, Kisak!
Michael

Matchlock · 28th June 2009, 05:16 PM

15th century breeches and cannon at the Tojhusmuseet Copenhagen.

Michael

fernando · 28th June 2009, 06:08 PM

Amazing; at first glimpse i thought this was the Military Museum in Lisbon.
By the way, have you ever been there, Michael ... or anybody else?
Fernando

Matchlock · 28th June 2009, 08:28 PM

Hi Fernando,

Sadly I've never been to either Portugal or Spain.

Michael

broadaxe · 8th July 2009, 01:41 PM

Lately I was lucky enough to find an old b&w photo of the very same cannon on post #18; on the day it was found (1978) with the underwater debris intact.

Matchlock · 8th July 2009, 02:23 PM

Hi broadaxe,

Thanks for that perfectly documentary contribution!

Michael

Matchlock · 8th July 2009, 06:54 PM

Two multistage barrel breech loading pieces in a ca. 1480 woodcut from a chronicle of Flanders, printed 1531.

Note the guy kneeling in the fore ground hammering a wooden plug into a breech. The interchangeable breeches contained only the powder while the ball was shoved separately into the rear of the barrel.

Michael

28th June 2009, 05:16 PM	#2
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8th July 2009, 01:41 PM	#5
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	Lately I was lucky enough to find an old b&w photo of the very same cannon on post #18; on the day it was found (1978) with the underwater debris intact. Attached Images

8th July 2009, 06:54 PM	#7
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Two multistage barrel breech loading pieces in a ca. 1480 woodcut from a chronicle of Flanders, printed 1531. Note the guy kneeling in the fore ground hammering a wooden plug into a breech. The interchangeable breeches contained only the powder while the ball was shoved separately into the rear of the barrel. Michael Attached Images

5th April 2009, 03:37 PM	#1
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Army Museum Stockholm From Kisak's great thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=9653 Thanks a lot, Kisak! Michael Attached Images

28th June 2009, 08:28 PM	#4
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Hi Fernando, Sadly I've never been to either Portugal or Spain. Michael

8th July 2009, 02:23 PM	#6
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Hi broadaxe, Thanks for that perfectly documentary contribution! Michael