ANTIQUE CANNON INFO drawings of cannons carriages tools and a lot more

[dan610324]

if you are looking for info about northern european cannons look at this

                   www.arkeliet.net

its mostly norwegian , swedish , danish and german models .
but its very very interesting. oldest artillery handbook is dated 1698

when you come there , look for the word  :  bildearkiv
its located in the right upper part of your screen, leftclick at that word and you will find yourself in heaven 
then just choose the book of your choice, left click on it and see all pages in it
all drawings are enlargeable, now you dont need to guess anymore of how things looked .

ok I know I have mentioned this address before in an post , but I belive its that much important that it need its own .

hope you will write down your comments here after you been there

here I just attach an sample from there

[lance]

Dan,nice web-site,i saw lots of cool stuff, thanks for sharing.

[cannonmn]

bildearkiv
its located in the right upper part of your screen

Thanks, on my screen it was a different B-word but as I recall the root word was also "bild" so that worked for me.  Interesting stuff there, I need it all since I never know what I'm going to run into next out there in the marketplace.  As strange as it seems, I'll bet there are almost as many different kinds of cannons as there are small arms.

[dan610324]

its probably more models of cannons as they was produced one by one and many times in different foundries .

its nice to hear that you liked it

[seacoastartillery]

     Dan,    Thank you so much for posting this link.  I found what you mentioned under the main drop-down menu label of "BildeGalleri".  I single clicked on that and at the bottom right of the page which comes up is a gallery called Gunnebo 2006.  Click on that and you will get some amazing photos of artillery close-ups and mock battle pics.  We really like the center top photo of a coehorn mortar and the pic to its right showing some very unique field artillery carriages which look like they might have a traverse mechanism built into the carriage, perhaps with a front pintle of sorts.  A very nice site!

Regards,

Tracy and Mike

[dan610324]

yeah its an very nice site , but I prefer all those original artillery handbooks .
all  those drawings of cannons , carriages , loading tools and aiming tools .

[KABAR2]

And besides the interesting cannon there are some nice mortars also,
I do have a question are the red painted carriages with the bright yellow iron work for actual field use or for parade?

Allen <><

[Cat Whisperer]

...
I do have a question are the red painted carriages with the bright yellow iron work for actual field use or for parade?

Allen <><

There are SOME parts of California where that would be GOOD camoflage!   

[dan610324]

the red and yellow combination was commonly used on naval carriages all over northern Europe ,
also the english and french used that combination , Im not sure about spain and portugal .

[KABAR2]

On the cannon model site he has an area to put in various dimensions it would be an interesting tool if it could be translated
into English.

http://www.arkeliet.net/cannons/cannonmeasure/cannonmeasure.php


Fyll ut dette skjemaet med så mange mål du kan. Felt merket med * må fylles ut
. Diametere eller omkrets ved
 Lengdemål
 
A
 Munningen Ø  cm  G
 *Hodet  cm
B
 Hodet Ø  cm H
 *Forstykke  cm
C
 Ved tappene Ø  cm I
 Bakstykket  cm
D
 *Høyeste frise Ø  cm J
 Bunden  cm
E *Tappene Ø  cm * Kanonens lengde = B til D  cm
F
 Halsen Ø  cm Totallengde med druen   cm
   Materiale  Bronse Støpejern Smijern Messing  Støtbundens fasong  Rund Konisk Flat Innhul 
           
   

[dan610324]

this is an form to use if you need help to identify an cannon you have , or if you need help with measurements for an carriage .
but it should be completed with some high quality photos also . and an description of material

then send it to Trond and he will help you to identify your gun , or calculate the right dimensions for an carriage .

A= caliber diameter
B= largest diameter of bell
C= barrel diameter at the trunnions
D= largest diameter at breach
E= trunnion diameter
F= smallest diameter of barrel
G= bell length
H= barrel length  from trunnion center
I= chamber length  from trunnion center
J= length from largest diameter to end cascabel ,  hope that was the right english name