Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) While researching and posting a response to the recent post by @Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 entitled "The Clippers" , I included a short video of the "Flying Dutchman" scene where its cannons are ablaze. Then I thought of @Birdgun Quail, SASS #63663 who frequently posted pics of his own cannons. The question then came to mind: Is there, or was there, ever a 3-barreled cannon? Edited January 25 by Father Kit Cool Gun Garth 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Don't know about the three barreled cannon but the saying "keep your powder dry" comes to mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Is this an @Alpo question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 Da Vinci designed a side by side by side gun https://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/triple-barrel-canon He also designed guns with more barrels. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2002102/Leonardo-Da-Vincis-forerunner-machine-gun-confirmed.html Apparently the French in the early 1700s made a few https://royalarmouries.org/collection/object/object-25729 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 i guess in those days it might be better to have a lot of loaded barrels rather than the full magazine 0 time was an element and reloads were slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 28 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Da Vinci designed a side by side by side gun https://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/triple-barrel-canon He also designed guns with more barrels. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2002102/Leonardo-Da-Vincis-forerunner-machine-gun-confirmed.html I saw one of those in Olyeska castle in Western Ukraine. As for the two barreled cannon, did those really exist? or was it a Hollywood fabrication? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 43 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I saw one of those in Olyeska castle in Western Ukraine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 6 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: I saw one of those in Olyeska castle in Western Ukraine. As for the two barreled cannon, did those really exist? or was it a Hollywood fabrication? They existed. First attempts were in the 1600s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-barreled_cannon Very heavy, and no real increase in rate of fire as you still have to load each tube. The real problem, though, was the designers almost always thought it would be great to have the balls linked together by a long chain to sythe down lines of infantry. But even a couple of hundredths of a second difference in the ignition of the propellant, or a drams difference in charge, would cause the balls and chain to whip around erratically, sometimes coming back on the crew. I've heard stories of an Ontos crew trying something like that with 2 tubes. The results were a less than complete success. Edited January 26 by Subdeacon Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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