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Offline Cannoneer

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British Smoothbore Artillery
« on: December 18, 2010, 10:23:33 AM »
Finding unknown historic ordnance documents on the Web isn't an every day occurrence anymore, so when I find something that's new to me I get a good feeling. This PDF contains a fair amount of useful information on British artillery dating from the early 18th century up to the 1860's.
BRITISH SMOOTH-BORE ARTILLERY: A TECHNOLOGICAL STUDY TO
SUPPORT IDENTIFICATION, ACQUISITION, RESTORATION,
REPRODUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF ARTILLERY AT NATIONAL
HISTORIC PARKS IN CANADA
David MCConnell


French Translation: Especially for "thelionspaw" who loves to read French; or was that Celtic? It's been so long that memory begins to fog.
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Re: British Smoothbore Artillery
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2010, 11:10:46 AM »
I would recommend this reference as the best material available for anyone engaged in the study of British Artillery.
Adrian
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Re: British Smoothbore Artillery
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2010, 09:34:01 PM »
Adrian,
I agree that Mr. McConnell's work provides a wealth of information on English black powder artillery; I've been through it twice now, and it certainly does cover a lot of ground concerning the history (around 150 yrs worth) of British ordnance.


Douglas,
At an earlier time weren't you interested in the travelling carriages for large mortars used in the Boer War? See pp. 183-186. Fig. 141, 142, and 143.
 
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RIP John. While on vacation July 4th 2013 in northern Wisconsin, he was ATVing with family and pulled ahead of everyone and took off at break-neck speed without a helmet. He lost control.....hit a tree....and the tree won.  He died instantly.

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