"Mâori Artillery " Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Feb 2017 4:27 p.m. PST |
Great work!
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 chicklewis  | 11 Feb 2017 8:25 p.m. PST |
Is that mount what is called a 'carriage slide'? "If equipped with a carriage-slide, the carronade will hardly
recoil at all, meaning it doesn't have to be run back into position between
shots and can manage a brisk rate of fire. " |
| Arteis02 | 11 Feb 2017 11:01 p.m. PST |
If you go to the section "Kawiti's Carronade" on this page, you'll be looking at the very gun that I presume Empress modelled their carronade on:
link Māori had quite an extensive collection of artillery in the 19th century – around 165 individual pieces have been identified in this book alone: link |
| deflatermouse | 19 Feb 2017 3:42 a.m. PST |
These are truly fantastic. |
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reveals a long-lost Martian tripod.
