Cannons to the left of me and cannons to the right...

[jdlii]

The weather was beautiful in Southern Middle Tennessee yesterday, sunny and not a cloud in the sky. A great day for the cannon/artillery shoot at the Brothers Farm in Pelham, TN. A couple of gun crews were from as far away as California.

Targets were set up from 100 to 800 yards. They are shooing again today, in perfect weather.

 

[snuffy51]

Wow! Cannons are the real Big Iron. Bet one of those 'thangs would shoot plumb through a man.

 

[TomkinsSP]

Any ongoing talks with equestrian re-enactors to portray the Charge of the Sixhundred?

 

[Targets Guy]

Volleyed and thundered. Stormed at with shot and shell, boldly they rode and well.....

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Onward, Onward they rode!

 

[soFlaNative]

Brass, wood, iron and thunder... what's not to like?

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

Thank you for posting.

 

[BillyMagg]

Brass, wood, iron and thunder... what's not to like?

Now what kind of holster do you need to CCW those?? LOL

 

[TomkinsSP]

^^^Flash Bang-Marylin.^^^

 

[Roadtrash]

Are they plus P?

 

[TomkinsSP]

+ + p + +

 

[islandguy]

Any ongoing talks with equestrian re-enactors to portray the Charge of the Sixhundred?

My ancestor, Sgt. Benjamin DeCarle, 6th Dragoons (Inniskillings) was in the Heavy Brigade, all set to ride into the Valley of Death in follow-up to the Light Brigade that day. Thank goodness cooler heads prevailed and they didn't send them in to a similar fate.

 

[DWFAN]

Somebody please fix the pictures.

DW

 

[TomkinsSP]

My ancestor, Sgt. Benjamin DeCarle, 6th Dragoons (Inniskillings) was in the Heavy Brigade, all set to ride into the Valley of Death in follow-up to the Light Brigade that day. Thank goodness cooler heads prevailed and they didn't send them in to a similar fate.

IIRC there was an error in the transmision of orders from HQs to the Light Brigade, and due to this error the 'wrong' battery was charged.

The intent was not a frontal charge into the face of a prepared artillery battery, but rather a flank attack on a Turkish battery that had just been overrun by Russian infantry to recapure the guns.

Oops.

 

[jdlii]

One of the French 77's with a cartridge. These guns, as you might imagine, are quite accurate.

 

[ameridaddy]

One of the French 77's with a cartridge. These guns, as you might imagine, are quite accurate.

They were very accurate, but its strong suit was rate of fire. The French 75's were used mainly for anti personnel shrapnel shelling. A really good gun crew could get off up to 30 rounds a minute, because with its first of its kind hydro/pneumatic recoil buffer, it remained in place and still aimed after firing. Up to its invention, all artillery had to be returned to battery and re-aimed. One of my WW1 unit histories told of one of those guns that fired so many rapid fire rounds at the 2nd Battle of the Marne at Suippe-Souain that the barrel was shot out and the gun abandoned.

Those cannoneer hobbyists must have some really deep pockets just to afford the ammo. I think I'm jealous.

 

[rburg]

Somebody please fix the pictures.

DW

They are fixed. The OP told you it was in TN where they have some steep mountains. I just figured they were firing off a cliff.

 

[Frank46]

Looks like a French 75, Napoleon,and what appears to be two mountain howitsers. I have a section of a 40mm anti aircraft barrel in the garage. maybe one of these days will start a build. Screw breech much like a witworth and will have to have the trunion block screwed and epoxy'd to the barrel. These barrels cannot have anything welded to them 4150 or similar type alloy steel so everything is mechanically fitted.Frank