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Offline Max Caliber

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Foreign mortars and howitzer
« on: March 27, 2007, 04:59:45 AM »
One of my Sons, who is in the military, was recently in Brussels, Belgium and took some pictures of cannons at the Royal Military Museum in Brussels. Here are a few. Some pictures are dark because flash pictures are not allowed.

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Re: Foreign mortars and howitzer
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2007, 07:20:05 AM »
Max,

     Your son did a great job with these pics.  Looks like they appreciated lots of ornamentation on their cannon!  I wonder too, how far did the chamber go toward the breech on those upside down mortars?  That section adjacent to the trunnions is awfully small in diameter.  Thanks for solving the mystery of the rusting bronze mortar in Castillo de San Marcos.

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Re: Foreign mortars and howitzer
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2007, 12:14:35 PM »
These are truly beautiful pieces of work!
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Re: Foreign mortars and howitzer
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2007, 03:08:17 AM »
Thanks Mike and Tracy. I would assume that the mortars have the usual bore configuration and the trunnion extension would be solid metal. It would be interesting to see what kind of bed they were mounted on. Too bad that most of these old cannons are missing their beds and carriages but at least some of the barrels survived.

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Re: Foreign mortars and howitzer
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2007, 05:14:22 PM »
Nice pics! Thanks or posting them.

Do you have any details on the second one (the one on the carraige)?
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Re: Foreign mortars and howitzer
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2007, 02:09:47 AM »
Don, I don't have any details on the cannons but do have pictures of other cannons that I will post soon. That howitzer is a beauty.


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