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My club shoot small cannons as part of our muzzleloading competition. Some are competitive, some less so. Forum member heelerau will recognise these characters!
I don't have a tube yet. But I would like to add something besides shooting scores on 25m targets. I want to understand the practice of gunners in the times before indirect fire. I read on the web that indirect fire developed late 19th-early 20th century. I want to understand the artillery practices of the star fort period basically 1500 -1800, and seige warfare a bit more. With the defensive batteries of the bastions and siege artillery counter-battery fire, how they got the best out of their guns and ammunition.
So I want to make a model gun, and use a trunnion sight, gunner's quadrant and pendulum level with very small loads to work up a range card for a position and how to pitch shot or canister onto a dug-in battery at distance.
If anyone can offer suggestions on sources for procedures, training aids, pictures of carriages in these batteries or articles that might help I would be very grateful!
My raw material:
Some of our members at work:
The late Dr Leo Laden
Some of the pics I found of accessories to make:
I don't have a tube yet. But I would like to add something besides shooting scores on 25m targets. I want to understand the practice of gunners in the times before indirect fire. I read on the web that indirect fire developed late 19th-early 20th century. I want to understand the artillery practices of the star fort period basically 1500 -1800, and seige warfare a bit more. With the defensive batteries of the bastions and siege artillery counter-battery fire, how they got the best out of their guns and ammunition.
So I want to make a model gun, and use a trunnion sight, gunner's quadrant and pendulum level with very small loads to work up a range card for a position and how to pitch shot or canister onto a dug-in battery at distance.
If anyone can offer suggestions on sources for procedures, training aids, pictures of carriages in these batteries or articles that might help I would be very grateful!
My raw material:
Some of our members at work:
The late Dr Leo Laden
Some of the pics I found of accessories to make:
