• Num10ck@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    how did those old cannons not tear apart their janky carriages? how did they not fly off the back?

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      10 days ago

      Its on wheels in part so the recoil rolls it backwards.

      I’m not 100% sure but it also looks like a fairly modern canon, modernity being the period from 16th to early 20th C

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      10 days ago

      That giant ass vertical screw in the back looks pretty solid. If there’s a similar one in the front I’d think this thing is good.