Join the gun detachment of South Mountain Battlefield State Park as they travel to Antietam National Battlefield to demonstrate the loading and firing of the 12-pounder light-gun howitzer...the Napoleon.
Soldier on!
Mannie
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Just a quick question. If rifled cannons were so superior in range and accurancy to smoothbores, why were both in use? Were smoothbores cheaper, quicker to load or manufacture, or was it very recent technology?
Just a quick question. If rifled cannons were so superior to smoothbore why was the latter still in use? Was the smoothbore quicker to load or manufacture, was it cheaper, or was the technology so recent that the armies had yet to make a full switch to rifled?
Really interesting to see , thank you for posting this. Later today l am visiting a friend to continue playing a game based on part of the battle of Antietam. I will look at the plastic 28mm guns and gunners differently after watching this.
Dear unknown,
The smoothbores still had an important purpose, glancing a ball off the ground upwards fifty yards in front of an advancing enemy had devastating effect, even more so on the flank. Also the deadly round known as canister was really only effective when fired from smoothbore guns.
Mannie
Ah, thanks for answering Mannie. Also I never given much thought to the mechanics of firing ammo from a rifled cannon. All very interesting.
Looks like fun!
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