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CANNONS:
To view Cannons For Sale - CLICK HERE Ron Ruble Enterprises from time to time has cannons and cannon barrels for sale from the Spanish American War and earlier including American Civil War and the British War of 1812. Also World War one and WW2 static non-firing display cannons for sale to military collectors, and museums. Do to problems with two consignors, we NO longer provide cannons are set-up for movie industry use along with military vehicles and movie prop set dressing.
Collector Information: Gun - Longer than Howitzer with a smaller bore that allowed firing a projectiles at low trajectories at high velocities. Brass Guns - Originally brass guns were cast in all caliber and used for all purposes - on ship, for sieges and in the field. Iron guns because of iron's better durability and cheaper cost replaced the heavier brass pieces except in the field service where lightness was more important. Iron Guns - In 1700 both cast iron and brass were used for almost all caliber but by mid-century, despite its weight, cast iron was replacing brass because of its cheapness and durability. The exception was field guns where lightness was important. Carronades was a short, light piece of cast-iron ordnance with a large bore relative to its weight. Since its lightweight necessitated the use of a reduced powder charge, the carronade was a relatively short-range weapon. Gins - Artillery or Triangle Gin was a mechanical device used to mount or dismount artillery pieces onto or from the carriages or beds. Howitzers - was a cross between a gun and a mortar. Like a mortar it was a large caliber weapon but was not as heavy or so immobile. The tube (barrel) was longer than a mortar and was used both in the field and as siege weapons. Shorter than a gun and it was design to fire projectiles on high trajectories, although not as extreme as a mortar's, it could fire over the heads of friendly troops or over obstacles. Mortars - relatively short, large-caliber artillery pieces designed to fire the largest, heaviest projectiles on the highest possible trajectories. Unlike guns that fired solid shot horizontally at high velocity, mortars fired shells or vertically a low velocity. They depended for their destructive results not on the velocity of the projectile but on the explosive power and incendiary effects of their shells. With their high angle of elevation, mortars could fire over obstacles to hit their targets and were consequently especially useful siege weapons. Occasionally the small, lighter weight mortars were used in the field. Coehorn Mortar - Small brass mortar invented by Dutch military engineer Baron Menno van Coehorn (or Cohorn, 1641-1704) and first used at the siege of Grave in 1674. During the American Civil War, both the North and the South used Coehorn mortars. | |
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