tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post7351425243317030274..comments2024-03-28T19:58:17.811+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: I have been to ... the Artillery Museum, St Petersburg: Artillery up to 1860Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-18468870856882300462013-08-12T08:32:17.691+01:002013-08-12T08:32:17.691+01:00Pete,
The museum does have some wonderfully quirk...Pete,<br /><br />The museum does have some wonderfully quirky experimental cannons on show. I just wish that I had had time to photograph more of them!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-6601877336377934482013-08-12T01:10:35.275+01:002013-08-12T01:10:35.275+01:00Some great pictures there Bob, of some interesting...Some great pictures there Bob, of some interesting designs. Many, with hindsight, turned out to be evolutionary dead-ends but fascinating all the same.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Pete.Pete.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06668389518826053090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-73405337837614665132013-08-11T18:30:10.180+01:002013-08-11T18:30:10.180+01:00Peter Douglas,
Sounds like a typical 'wonder&...Peter Douglas,<br /><br />Sounds like a typical 'wonder' weapon; the theory makes sense but they don't work any better than existing weapons when they are built.<br /><br />I may have some other photographs of cannons designed by Shuvalov. If I can find them I will write a blog entry about them.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />PS. Thanks for the link. It was very interesting.Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-47028888979206857702013-08-11T16:00:53.764+01:002013-08-11T16:00:53.764+01:00Bob
The weapon was supposed to be a secret "...Bob<br /><br />The weapon was supposed to be a secret "wonder weapon" but like most was a squib. A quick google led to this description on Wikipedia, but I recall reading similar stuff in sources that haven't fallen off the back of a truck (most notable Duffy's "Russia's Military Way to the West"<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_howitzer<br /><br />Cheers<br />PD<br />Peter Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-64336810848683184312013-08-11T15:08:41.050+01:002013-08-11T15:08:41.050+01:00Peter,
Thanks for the information about the howit...Peter,<br /><br />Thanks for the information about the howitzer. There were several other artillery pieces on show with bores that were wide oblongs, and your explanation that they were so designed to ensure that canister spread in a particular way makes perfect sense.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-54856554686258171502013-08-11T14:48:27.262+01:002013-08-11T14:48:27.262+01:00Bob
Great photos once again. IIRC the odd howitz...Bob<br /><br />Great photos once again. IIRC the odd howitzer is a Shuvalov (spelling?) used in the SYW. It only fired canister and the odd barrel was shaped to maximize the spread of the discharge.<br /><br />Cheers<br />PDPeter Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14118894381672707297noreply@blogger.com