@RUclips sucks It's a rifled gun bud... doesn't fire balls. fires elongated shells like this: www.submerged.co.uk/gfx/m/muzzel%20loaders%202%20big.jpg It's a Civil War gun. And the SHELL it fires is 100 TONS. That's the weight of a shell. I'm sick of people who think artillery fires CaNnOnBaLLS that 'explode' and modern shells didn't exist until WW1.
This was 6 years ago and as long as I know it is not fired anymore. What I can say for sure is that with a 10kg charge the ground did SHAKE. What would it be like with a 200kg charge and a projectile??????
MARIO SCICLUNA well with a full 200kg [450] ib charge and the one ton shell tamping the pressure at first, the claims that Maltese windows 3 miles away would shatter is believable!
200kg charge would probably cost $12,000 if all black powder was used, maybe $3,000 or less if a sugar is used...I would imagine that there would be some older reclaimable black powder (blasting or water affected BP cartridges) around that some government bulk store may have....?
Thank you for uploading this video Mario. We didn't put any video of last year firing. That's a good one. We hope you'll be with us this year, because it is being a really good weekend with different events and some surprises. Regards
MARIO SCICLUNA Ian over at Forgotten Weapons just did a 26min long video entirely on this gun and the loading. It's pretty amazing. They said a 1 ton projectile and 450lbs of powder. Hahaha. Evidently when it went off it would break windows in the city. Hahaha
There's another youtube video somewhere about this same gun, in which they explain that the barrel could stand certain amount of shots(few number cant remember), after that they would have to do some sort of re boring process.
Well there goes $200 worth of powder. Imagine 450 lbs with a 1ton projectile. I have been on the line when a 35 pounder touched off uisng a real load and projectile, imagine being slapped all over the body all at once by one big ass hand and that's what the sensation was like. A pair of ear muffs over a pair of ear plugs still left me with my ears ringing for hours later, and I was about 50 feet away from it when she touched off. The Armstrong was powerful enough to litterally kill people and animals from the shock wave of the gun being fired up to something like 1/2 mile away in front of the muzzle.
It was empty. And only about 1/20 the powder was used. At full capacity they used a 2000lbs shell with 450 lbs of black powder. It was never fired in war. However when tested it shatteres windows in nearby towns.
Eshuut that’s only the rifling. While the rifling wouldn’t last, the actual barrel would stay just fine. This would be a problem if you were trying to use this for war because worn out rifling will kill any chance of accurate shooting, but it is not a problem for demonstrations like this. Actual damage (like really bad rust and pitting) would compromise the barrel.
Jack Andersen I did not know about that, thank you for informing me. But I wonder would they replace some of the parts if it starts to break? Or it’s not worth of an investment.
@@eshuut9049 I believe the gun was good for about one hundred (ish) rounds before the rifling wearing down would seriously affect your accuracy. At that point the gun would have to be re-bored/re-barreled, which meant shipping it back to England. Since the gun took almost 90 days to get it from the port where it was delivered, up to be installed in the fort, this was a bit of an issue. The guns were never fired in anger, and very soon after they were brought into service, smokeless powder was invented and rendered this absolutely immense guns obsolete. They remained in service right up to the 1900s, though.
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Take that, middle of the ocean!
and then a tsunami striked back.
do you really think no one would have recorded the blast if they actually fired a shell?
Imagine if they hit a ship or worse a battleship
Sea, not ocean...
@RUclips sucks It's a rifled gun bud... doesn't fire balls. fires elongated shells like this: www.submerged.co.uk/gfx/m/muzzel%20loaders%202%20big.jpg
It's a Civil War gun. And the SHELL it fires is 100 TONS. That's the weight of a shell. I'm sick of people who think artillery fires CaNnOnBaLLS that 'explode' and modern shells didn't exist until WW1.
This was 6 years ago and as long as I know it is not fired anymore. What I can say for sure is that with a 10kg charge the ground did SHAKE. What would it be like with a 200kg charge and a projectile??????
MARIO SCICLUNA well with a full 200kg [450] ib charge and the one ton shell tamping the pressure at first, the claims that Maltese windows 3 miles away would shatter is believable!
They should have used a 200 kg charge and fired a projectile.
200kg charge would probably cost $12,000 if all black powder was used, maybe $3,000 or less if a sugar is used...I would imagine that there would be some older reclaimable black powder (blasting or water affected BP cartridges) around that some government bulk store may have....?
I had heard, that each firing cost $100,000.
@@jordanthomas4379 They can't because the gun is so old they believe it will just break.
perfect for some squirrel hunting
*"Parry this, you fucking casual"*
Thank you for uploading this video Mario. We didn't put any video of last year firing. That's a good one. We hope you'll be with us this year, because it is being a really good weekend with different events and some surprises.
Regards
What's the estimate? This is probabaly 1/100th of an actual firing of this gun?
When they fired it they said it had 10kg of gun powder. If I remember well it used 100kg bags.
MARIO SCICLUNA Ian over at Forgotten Weapons just did a 26min long video entirely on this gun and the loading. It's pretty amazing.
They said a 1 ton projectile and 450lbs of powder. Hahaha. Evidently when it went off it would break windows in the city. Hahaha
Joe Morrell lmao I literally just watched that video and then looked up this thing firing
bryce sherffius Hahaha. Happens once a month for me. Randomly meeting people on related videos after Ian posts one. It never gets old!
MARIO SCICLUNA so they used 1/20th of the charge and no projectile (I suppose) that is kinda lame honestly, although still cool
Incredible invention of the 19th century. Amazing that things sketched in 1800 history books, are still physically here and working.
Private: Fuck i missed
Some guy 10km in the distance fishing: OH GOD WHY
Men, so awesome, even watching this on video you can feel the kabooom.....love cannons ....
Es perfecto! casi tanto como el Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Cannon
The 1870 Caio Duilio and its sister ship, the Enrico Dandolo, carried FOUR of these guns on board, each...
Not really, they are much smaller cannons, but a similar system for loading.
@@GreyKnightsVenerable nope, Duilio and Dandolo did carry four of these things, infact it was their whole stick was carying massive guns
Could you imagine a full charge!
That cannon literally just made a cloud.
imagine how loud it would be with a projectile
There's another youtube video somewhere about this same gun, in which they explain that the barrel could stand certain amount of shots(few number cant remember), after that they would have to do some sort of re boring process.
Some Czech guy saying "to byla rána, co?" meaning: what a shot, right? :D
Something tells me it was a blank fire round and not a real munition of it's day. LOL i guess it was a real blast for the crowd.
What kind of permit do you need to carry this gun?
and a real shot is so extreeeeemly more powdered than that little fart.
Well there goes $200 worth of powder. Imagine 450 lbs with a 1ton projectile. I have been on the line when a 35 pounder touched off uisng a real load and projectile, imagine being slapped all over the body all at once by one big ass hand and that's what the sensation was like. A pair of ear muffs over a pair of ear plugs still left me with my ears ringing for hours later, and I was about 50 feet away from it when she touched off. The Armstrong was powerful enough to litterally kill people and animals from the shock wave of the gun being fired up to something like 1/2 mile away in front of the muzzle.
I doubt it had 200kg of black powder which is normally needed.
The noise would be deafening.
How they "seeded clouds" in the old days.
Damn i was at malta and i would love to see this when i was there
To bola rána co? 😁😁😁
Když čekáš ohmygody, jesuse, foky a nakonec uslyšíš češtinu :D
I wonder how loud it truly is
These people weren't wearing any kind of hearing protection?
Screw that one fish in particular!
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Where did the shell land
It was empty. And only about 1/20 the powder was used. At full capacity they used a 2000lbs shell with 450 lbs of black powder. It was never fired in war. However when tested it shatteres windows in nearby towns.
Cool a cloud gun ☺
black powder charge friction lanyard 5 mile range 4-10 minute loading time. . . Yup i think that area is safe but man what a blast that thing has
F to that single fisherman the shell hit
Me: what's wrong?
My GF: Nothing.
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These guys:WOAHHH
Random somlai pirate:hey Captain uhhh what’s that
Lindybeige brought me here.
Es el cañon que.salvo a.mexico de la imvacion norteamericana en veracruz.asi ya deveriamos tener una gama de cañines defensorea de nuestra siberania
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Destroys anything in front of it.
And behind.
it didnt really sound that great on video
If you fire it too much it’s going to break after 200rounds or so
Eshuut that’s only the rifling. While the rifling wouldn’t last, the actual barrel would stay just fine. This would be a problem if you were trying to use this for war because worn out rifling will kill any chance of accurate shooting, but it is not a problem for demonstrations like this. Actual damage (like really bad rust and pitting) would compromise the barrel.
Jack Andersen I did not know about that, thank you for informing me. But I wonder would they replace some of the parts if it starts to break? Or it’s not worth of an investment.
@@eshuut9049 I believe the gun was good for about one hundred (ish) rounds before the rifling wearing down would seriously affect your accuracy. At that point the gun would have to be re-bored/re-barreled, which meant shipping it back to England.
Since the gun took almost 90 days to get it from the port where it was delivered, up to be installed in the fort, this was a bit of an issue. The guns were never fired in anger, and very soon after they were brought into service, smokeless powder was invented and rendered this absolutely immense guns obsolete. They remained in service right up to the 1900s, though.
Ого
Legal :)
I take it these guys didn't like Moana that much
Godzilla died
So sad to see the little kids plugging their ears afterward, the blast of that cannon was due to cause damage to their hearing.
Izzy Ramos-Gunn a handgun caused damage to my hearing, can’t imagine that
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