Canister Shot From Civil War Cannon.wmv

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Canister Shot From Civil War Cannon.wmv
 
Karl Pearson
Published on Jun 29, 2012

We fired 17 rounds of Canister from an original Civil War Napoleon Field Cannon for a study on battlefield archeology. Each Canister shell contained 27 steel balls 1.5" in dia that were painted a certain color and then fired out onto a field from various cannon positions. The cannon's coordinates and the balls that were found were all documented using GPS Technology. The cannon was fired at various barrel elevations and at different levels of terrain. The data when analyzed will hopefully help archeologists determine where the cannons may have been placed during a historic battle.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k86XhYS8GJI

[rangerrebew]

I can't begin to imagine the kind of courage (toxic masculinity) to just walk toward 10-15 cannon firing canister shot. Knowing that each blast will bring 27 lead balls about the size of a golf ball your way had to be terrifying.