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8th July 2009, 02:41 PM
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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.
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8th July 2009, 03:23 PM
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Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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Hi broadaxe,
Thanks for that perfectly documentary contribution! Michael |
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8th July 2009, 07:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking
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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 |
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