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Offline Cannoneer

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Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« on: November 30, 2009, 06:12:17 PM »
Does anyone else here think that tourists might have a greater appreciation for this view if a little more care were given to mounting these guns properly? Click on the far right photo.

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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 06:30:58 PM »
That's just weird.
It looks like a bunch of kindergartners just left the scene after reaking havoc.
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 06:47:23 PM »
How easy would it be to set them on their mounts properly? Get a few guys together on a Saturday night and have a "cannon raising" party....even at a few hundred pounds each, a tri-pod and block and tackle would do the job in a hurry. BoomLover
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2009, 07:24:27 PM »
We must assume this is no longer Cuba's first line of defense  ::)  .............

 Looks like a set for a Bug's Bunny movie...... you know when he flips the cannon around on Yosemite Sam the pirate....
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2009, 08:22:26 PM »
We could have a lightwell in this ceiling if I can only depress this cannon a little more.

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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2009, 08:29:13 PM »
If anyone finds a better pic of this particular bronze piece at that fort, I'd like to see it so I could tell exactly what model it is.

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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2009, 09:24:54 PM »
Cannonmn, what do they call the rear end of a cannon? Many things have a "head" and a Foot", "front and back", ships have  "Fore" and Aft", many animals shot from the rear are presenting a "Butt" shot, but how about a cannon? Is it by part name? Muzzle=front, Casabel=rear, trunnions=left and right sides, ect? I may not have been paying attention when this was explained to the rest of the class....thanks, BoomLover
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2009, 10:30:13 PM »
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what do they call the rear end of a cannon?


Breech
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2009, 02:16:46 AM »
The text with this cannon said that 'it' was looking for pirates .

Butt shot is the correct definition whe veiwed from the rear while they are 'looking for pirates' :D

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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2009, 03:54:32 AM »
Quote from: KABAR2 on November 30, 2009, 07:24:27 PM
We must assume this is no longer Cuba's first line of defense  ::)  .............

 Looks like a set for a Bug's Bunny movie...... you know when he flips the cannon around on Yosemite Sam the pirate....


Hey Allen, this could be Fidel's idea of state of the art artillery; the barrel pointing up might be their finest AA gun.
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2009, 04:43:46 AM »
Boom Lover, In this part of the world, a "butt shot" is referred  to as an Alabama heart shot.
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2009, 02:03:57 PM »
Got it! I incorrectly assumed that the breech was a specific spot or place on a cannon, but makes sense breech being the fartherest aft you can go one of these guns. Little Seacoast, is that like on "Hee-Haw" where Stringbean carried his mail, right here in his back pocket, next to his heart? I think he was a 'Bama boy, least he acted and sounded like one!  :D
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2009, 02:54:54 PM »
Maybe the one on the right is being used as a mortar.
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2009, 05:01:20 PM »
Actually it refers to the only shot you get at a deer when it's headed away from you across the bean fields, with a high powered rifle you can still get a heart shot- length wise.  Stringbean Acuff was from Tennessee near Lebanon, killed by low life home invaders.  Should have owned a cannon.
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2009, 06:02:02 PM »
Quote from: Artilleryman on December 01, 2009, 02:54:54 PM
Maybe the one on the right is being used as a mortar.

Norm,
The cannon on the right could have more than a few plausible explanations; it could be a punt gun, I've heard that Fidel and his bro Raúl just love fowl. It's the position of the tube on the left that's hard to rationalize, maybe Tio Fidel was paranoid that a brigade of CIA trained army ants were coming to grab him by his long red tail.
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Re: Don't worry about it José, they wont even notice.
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2009, 08:49:19 PM »
I did not know that, and am sorry to hear it...yep, should have had a cannon, or a howitzer, loaded with grape shot...
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