tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post1070025289731868061..comments2024-03-24T00:19:48.310-07:00Comments on Delta Vector: Holidays and Historic GunsevilleMonkeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11998198938697175335noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-47250108461701814502017-12-14T14:59:24.103-08:002017-12-14T14:59:24.103-08:00check out the most coastal gun defenses in just ab...check out the most coastal gun defenses in just about anywhere I have seen, the Atlantic island of Saint Helena, where they imprisoned Napoleon, it has the most historic artillery that I have seen in one place...<br /><br />awesomeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033360367816794277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-45377462326847093472016-03-29T17:36:08.902-07:002016-03-29T17:36:08.902-07:00Quite a collection of varnished steel, brass, and ...Quite a collection of varnished steel, brass, and bronze. The last fort I visited, Fort Worden on the Puget Sound, had almost no guns at all in any of the remaining emplacements but a whole lot of overgrowth, and overall was kind of an underwhelming experience.<br /><br /><br />The Spanish Meroka CIWS [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meroka_CIWS ] is a surprisingly similar modern equivalent; the biggest drawback to the multi-barrel weapons of the late 19th century such as the various types of Gatling, Nordenfelt, Hotchkiss, and Gardner manufactured guns seems to have been their reliance on manual operation - the gunner(s) got tired and/or cranking (operating) the weapon skewed it off target beyond short ranges no matter how solid the mounting.Cutnosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545705226468131327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-90899428193678259102016-03-29T07:23:20.258-07:002016-03-29T07:23:20.258-07:00This is a stone's throw away from me:
http:/...This is a stone's throw away from me: <br /><br />http://silverhawkauthor.com/artillery-preserved-in-canada-9f-nova-scotia-halifax-york-redoubt_449.htmlNurglitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03333941626425462180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-17043684889089386172016-03-27T15:20:28.838-07:002016-03-27T15:20:28.838-07:00Sadly I live in a bit of a "dead zone" s...Sadly I live in a bit of a "dead zone" so far as military interest goes. Fort Lytton in Brisbane is probably the nearest of interest with its river chain, buried bunker system and disappearing guns<br /><br />http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/fort-lytton/<br /><br />...but I suspect it would be rather pathetic compared to NSW/Sydney defences....evilleMonkeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998198938697175335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-73417755796832253152016-03-27T14:30:54.462-07:002016-03-27T14:30:54.462-07:00I think you might need to do a guest post at my ot...I think you might need to do a guest post at my other blog where I have a series going on Australian Colonial defences and associated weapons :-)Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-59080560823588332392016-03-27T05:49:10.921-07:002016-03-27T05:49:10.921-07:00Ironically, the twin barrel from the pics went on ...Ironically, the twin barrel from the pics went on the same colonial gunboat as the ones in Bundaberg I remember playing on as a kid:<br /><br />http://www.news-mail.com.au/news/bundy-guns-were-for-colonys-defence/2111293/<br /><br />They're all purpose-made coast defence stuff from 1880s, not WW1 spares....evilleMonkeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998198938697175335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-6298043814119899642016-03-27T05:32:29.552-07:002016-03-27T05:32:29.552-07:00Splendid post Mike! Yes Nordenfelts came in "...Splendid post Mike! Yes Nordenfelts came in "larger calibre/less barrel" configuration, with the more well known multi barrelled versions being of small arms size<br />http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/nordenfelt-gun.htmlPaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.com