Nah, just about every piece of modern artillery is more terrifying than that thing. Heck, maybe even underbarrel grenade launchers. There's good reason why soldiers don't stand in formation anymore.
My granddaughter when she was 4 literally explained to me what is was like to experience what a cannon does to people. I was like"what are you talking about" then she said that was how she died. She explained like a life before this one. It was crazy , but if you listened to her , I believe she was remembering a past life. I'll never forget that conversation.
Well, they didn't use fuses like this, the powder bag, being rammed down the barrel, was pierced by a needle through the touch hole (where the fuse is, here) the hole was filled with powder, and a long stick with a slow match on the end was touched to the hole to fire it. They use fuses these days for safety, in case the cannon explodes you'll allegedly be at a safe distance.
@@daleslover2771 I was enlisted with an Indiana National Guard Field Artillery Unit. We had the old 105mm towed howitzers. I joined in February of 82 when I was a senior in Highschool. I went to Ft Sill, OK after I graduated in the summer of 82. Did my Basic Training and AIT back to back. I had my first drill in January of 83. We drove to Ft Campbell, KY almost every weekend drill except in the winter. I did my first 2 week summer camp at Ft Campbell. We had 3 summer camps at Camp Grayling, Michigan. And one here in Indiana. I did 6 years, getting out in 88. The first 2 years, I was ammo humper, fox hole digger, and loader. I moved up to Assistant Gunner and spent 4 years doing that job. I really loved that job ! They offered me my E5's and the choice of having my own Gun or to take over ammo truck. I wish now I would have taken their offer. But I had just gotten married and was starting my family, so I didn't sign back up. I did love being in the Artillery and I had a great unit. We were 38th Infantry Division - 163rd Field Artillery. Made some great friends there and had some very good friends.
I was in Kitzigen attached to DIVARTY guarding their special munitions at NATO site 35. The funny thing was that it was Creighton Abrams Jr was the brigade commander.
My Great-grandfather used to set his off at noon on Sundays after church. New Zealand used to be a proper country. Gonna get my own and carry on the tradition!
The coolest thing is a mortar that fires old bowling balls. If you stand to one side, you can watch the ball go up and up until it disappears, then you can hear it coming down, with the wind whistling over the finger holes in a pulsing sound as the ball rotates. Then it hits with an audible thud.
Grew up in south eastern CT by the Thames. Every morning at 6 am I would hear two Star Spangle Banners and two sets of cannon shots. One from the coast guard academy and another from the navy base. I miss my home town…and after experiencing Denver I also worry about the future of our nation…and the generations whom are to lead it. Some areas just don’t get it. They complain about America and yet utilize and benefit from everything it’s got to offer…
@@dystopianfuture1165 exactly they Submitted and started following orders from men before we were even born why would you submit to someone that Oppressives you and your people
@@gamerreb3114 My basic understanding is that since it takes a moment for soldiers to reload his musket it’s actually better to have multiple stand in line to allow constant volleys covering fire. This helps cavalry and other units to organize more efficiently. It just looks silly to use because most people aren’t familiar with how much better modern firearm compared to revolutionary era muskets.
For a firing order cannon probably a few thousand. Don't buy a rifled one if you looking to fire grape shot or smaller objects just find your self a smooth bore.
@@oldmanengie7790 you should also look into muzzle loading vs breach loading. I think they are under different requirements. Because of the way they can load. Plus the type of propellant used in them. Very important.
I would keep that chained to my front porch, and have it aimed at the house of the neighbour who knocks over my trash. Just a little psychological warfare, and if need be, Conventional Suburban warfare. If i could find a smaller one i would mount it on top of the stairs, keep my powderes wig and Kentucky Musket in the living room and conceal carry a Flintlock, just as the founding fathers intended.
U only need an inch of fuze sticking out, more is just waisting it. That was pretty cool. The fuze hole being off center can effect aim by moving the gun to the side a little with the flash hole back blast pushing the breech to the right a little bit, especially if the trunnions are at all loose in the cap squares. But then smoothbores only hit in the general area anyway. In our cannon club smoothbores competed at 100 & 200 yds, rifled guns at 400yds. Happy shooting 😊
I served as a crewman for a three pound mountain howitzer from the War of Independence. Maybe not as big as this one (6 pounder, probably), but boy was it fun! Cheers!
Several years ago, I worked with a man that built a cannon using the lift cylinder from a dump truck. The bore was the same size of a plastic 16 ounce bottle. He would put concrete in the bottle. Black powder in the muzzle, plastic bottle, and a fuse. He would light it, the fuse would burn down and boom. You heard boom, whack. The cannon would fire and then you heard the bottle smack into a rock face. A fun tool., but it used a lot of black powder..
A friend of mine built a small cannon. I think it shot like 1½" shot I am guessing. It was back in the 1970's. He took it to his old family farm in PA and rattled windows for the local town for quite some time. He showed me some pictures of the VW he use for a target. It could only be used on Sundays after that because it was so holy. I just didn't know what you could ever use it for. Well maybe as another target.
Looks like commenters need a history lesson. This isn't how cannons were fired, at all. I won't go into every detail, but basically, after the cartridge was loaded, it was pricked through the hole by with a spike. A charge (not a fuse like the one in the video) was inserted into the hole. An artilleryman with a slowmatch on a stick would light the charge through the hole from the side, and it would fire almost instantly.. There were a lot more steps than this, plus safety measures takes so cartridges wouldn't fire accidentally from embers, but trained artillerymen could fire 3 times per minute. Old timers knew how to fight with what they had. No. They would never light a slow fuse and expect the enemy to wait. They weren't dumb.
Never expected a Canon to have sich range, and thus looks like a medium one. Imagibe having to walk that whole distance through that like at Gettysburg. 😅
Not only is it relatively easy to see the cannon ball fly from directly behind the cannon but you can stand directly in front of it and get the same effect.
“Tally ho, lads!” *last words you hear before you get blasted by a cannonball.*
Genuinely made me laugh mate, thanks lol
Genuinely made me laugh, thx mate, lol
ah, just as the founding fathers intended
Real
@@ethanjenkins6190genereal
Canon on the Battlefield must of have been fucking terrifying
I lot of things on the battlefield are fucking terrifying
Grapeshot? Not really scary but would run over your feet like a bowling ball
Canistershot? You’re dead before you can notice.
Nah, just about every piece of modern artillery is more terrifying than that thing. Heck, maybe even underbarrel grenade launchers. There's good reason why soldiers don't stand in formation anymore.
Couldn't imangine volley fire from like 20 cannons trying to move forward
My granddaughter when she was 4 literally explained to me what is was like to experience what a cannon does to people. I was like"what are you talking about" then she said that was how she died. She explained like a life before this one. It was crazy , but if you listened to her , I believe she was remembering a past life. I'll never forget that conversation.
Thanks for actually showing where it hits. We always only see the Cannons fire, not the landing.
Nope, we see the landing
It's a joke
@@RechardTubalnot really. Most professional cannoneers shot indirect fire meaning they do not see the round impact, often miles away.
Wasn't expecting that kind of range! Pretty awesome guys... 👍🏾
18th century cannons had a range of 1km cca.
Could've gone farther I think!
Yup
@@pakoutaca parrot rifle cannon had a range of up to 3 miles
@@roballen8431 I was talking more effective range than actual shooting one... but yeah true
Napoleon: *”WHY THE FUCK HAVEN’T YOU FIRED THE CANNON YET?”*
“Sorry l’emperor, we forgot to cut down the fuse.”
Well, they didn't use fuses like this, the powder bag, being rammed down the barrel, was pierced by a needle through the touch hole (where the fuse is, here) the hole was filled with powder, and a long stick with a slow match on the end was touched to the hole to fire it. They use fuses these days for safety, in case the cannon explodes you'll allegedly be at a safe distance.
@@cr4zyj4ck I know, it was a joke.
@@cr4zyj4ck I love the word *_Allegedly_*
it goes Soo well with the words.
*_Should_* and *_Probably_* 😂
Imagine a skellywag ass pirate pulling trick shots THAT far away💀
👍🏴☠️
@trailcameratexaswildlife9526 did you make or buy this?
@benjamingreer1660 the owner had it made. I don’t know the details.
Tbf, everything could be possible, since back in the "skellywag ass pirates" day was not much less crazier than nowadays.
"Curses those unwanted pests!"
-some dude raging in 1600s
I was waiting for the windmill to go down like in F-Troop
Não tinha como atingir o moinho pois não estava apontado pra ele estava mais pra esquerda !!😊
It could’ve thrown a curveball😂😂
Wheel falls off the right side. Windmills history
He was allowing for the wind...!!@@AdãoArcisiodesouza
@@MichaelMattisonjust like 'F Troop'..! 🤔
daam thats pretty cool ngl haha
“Yeah, stand right behind it,” seems like some pretty wild advice.
Better than standing in front of it😂
@@montemaguire4596🤣
the blast is louder from the sides.
@@montemaguire4596 debatable
I was a cannon crewmember in the Army in Bamberg Germany. 109 Howitzer It was an amazing experience. King of Battle
Roger that ! 13Bravo. 1982-88.
We're were you station at in 82 83 ?
@@daleslover2771 I was enlisted with an Indiana National Guard Field Artillery Unit. We had the old 105mm towed howitzers. I joined in February of 82 when I was a senior in Highschool. I went to Ft Sill, OK after I graduated in the summer of 82. Did my Basic Training and AIT back to back. I had my first drill in January of 83. We drove to Ft Campbell, KY almost every weekend drill except in the winter. I did my first 2 week summer camp at Ft Campbell. We had 3 summer camps at Camp Grayling, Michigan. And one here in Indiana. I did 6 years, getting out in 88.
The first 2 years, I was ammo humper, fox hole digger, and loader. I moved up to Assistant Gunner and spent 4 years doing that job. I really loved that job !
They offered me my E5's and the choice of having my own Gun or to take over ammo truck. I wish now I would have taken their offer. But I had just gotten married and was starting my family, so I didn't sign back up. I did love being in the Artillery and I had a great unit. We were 38th Infantry Division - 163rd Field Artillery. Made some great friends there and had some very good friends.
I was in Kitzigen attached to DIVARTY guarding their special munitions at NATO site 35. The funny thing was that it was Creighton Abrams Jr was the brigade commander.
@@lonniesides9302same here but I was stationed in Greece
Deer: did they just shoot a cannonball at me ??!
So that was definitely not a blank... like all the other videos I've seen. Very good!
If the gun jolts back nicely, you know there's a proper projectile going downrange.
Neighborhood app gonna be popping off with "anybody hear an explosion?"
I wish I had that when I was living out in the county, “were those shots?” “Yes, I’m out back doing some target practice”
@@ForOdin”dont worry jerald its me” 😂
That is a instrument -Tchaikovsky probably
I think thats a 2-pacabell quote
Every man should have one!
My Great-grandfather used to set his off at noon on Sundays after church. New Zealand used to be a proper country. Gonna get my own and carry on the tradition!
I miss. My 150 cal cannon 😊
Like a pistol😂
О, да
Yes ! I want 1
Neighbors calling 911😂
Patron, patron, what you doing in public !?
CIA and DEA are watching 👀
@@solluna2155Plata o plomo😆
You must live in the big city. 😂
County Sheriff telling caller....its both legal to own and shoot a cannon.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL REALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️
Thank You very Much for showing us a working Canon...😊😊
Don't you own one?
Несмотря на архаичность. ПУШКА она и в Африке пушка!
I would hate to be on the receiving end of that. The amount of energy released from that cannonball is unreal.!!!
That was the coolest thing i have ever seen
Really,....then maybe you need to get out a little more? Just a suggestion.
The coolest thing is a mortar that fires old bowling balls. If you stand to one side, you can watch the ball go up and up until it disappears, then you can hear it coming down, with the wind whistling over the finger holes in a pulsing sound as the ball rotates. Then it hits with an audible thud.
That’s was amazing! Thats part of our history and culture. I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end lmao 👍🏼
Also perfectly legal to own.
That baby has some range……
BOOM 💥
Grew up in south eastern CT by the Thames. Every morning at 6 am I would hear two Star Spangle Banners and two sets of cannon shots. One from the coast guard academy and another from the navy base. I miss my home town…and after experiencing Denver I also worry about the future of our nation…and the generations whom are to lead it. Some areas just don’t get it. They complain about America and yet utilize and benefit from everything it’s got to offer…
Thanks for sharing😊👍
So true yet so sad 😢
It’s the older generation to blame, it’s the reason why older men are puzzled as to why the younger generation is so angry, and ungrateful.
@@dystopianfuture1165 exactly they Submitted and started following orders from men before we were even born why would you submit to someone that Oppressives you and your people
There is always someone else to blame and never anyone to hold themselves accountable…
I love it 😮 great distance
That was awesome! It's love to operate an actual cannon with a historical history connected to it...
"By God, sir...I think I have lost my leg."
So you have, Uxbridge, so you have...
Great Video...FINALLY SAW THE RECEIVING END....Keep it up guy's....
"hold still for the next 2 mins thx enemy"
The funny thing is at least in the revolutionary days, they pretty much did stand there for you lol
@@TEP90what a complete misunderstanding of line tactics thts the American education system for you
@@AaronTheGreat________ yeah no shit. You think they teach actual history here in America? Where you from you smart ass?
@@AaronTheGreat________please explain
@@gamerreb3114 My basic understanding is that since it takes a moment for soldiers to reload his musket it’s actually better to have multiple stand in line to allow constant volleys covering fire. This helps cavalry and other units to organize more efficiently. It just looks silly to use because most people aren’t familiar with how much better modern firearm compared to revolutionary era muskets.
Thinking of buying a cannon, how much did this one cost? (Yes I’m being dead serious)
I think the owner had it made but I don’t know much about it. There is a website we found for some information: dixiegunworks.com
@@trailcameratexaswildlife9526 thanks 🙏
For a firing order cannon probably a few thousand. Don't buy a rifled one if you looking to fire grape shot or smaller objects just find your self a smooth bore.
@@roterakaten636 thanks 🙏
@@oldmanengie7790 you should also look into muzzle loading vs breach loading. I think they are under different requirements. Because of the way they can load. Plus the type of propellant used in them. Very important.
Conan loughing silently.!
But the gunner loughing like a blast 😅
that’s gonna be my instrument -Tchaikovsky making 1812 Overture
Una reliquia hermoso
Hey.....joe said you couldn't have one of those!😂😂😂
Joe Stalin would say that.
Joe: why do you need a cannon?
these guys:
dude that was frickin awesome!!!
I would keep that chained to my front porch, and have it aimed at the house of the neighbour who knocks over my trash. Just a little psychological warfare, and if need be, Conventional Suburban warfare.
If i could find a smaller one i would mount it on top of the stairs, keep my powderes wig and Kentucky Musket in the living room and conceal carry a Flintlock, just as the founding fathers intended.
Psychic logical warfare yup! Are they knocking over the trash cans with their car?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I got a Small one bout 2 foot long All Cast iron never shot it myself.
Damn, I thought he was taking the windmill out! 😁
رائع للغاية
Thank you 😊
When the old OLD man says "Hold my beer."
Drinkin' beers 🍻 and deer hunting with the boys!😂😂😂😂
Until I saw this video, I never realized I needed a cannon. Just one of those essential things you need in life. ❤
With an open sightline like that I'd expect Pickett to come stomping up.
Load canister shell!
More like double canister.
256 pound cannon aimed directly at the skinwalker spretending to be a girl scout trying to sell me cookies
U only need an inch of fuze sticking out, more is just waisting it. That was pretty cool. The fuze hole being off center can effect aim by moving the gun to the side a little with the flash hole back blast pushing the breech to the right a little bit, especially if the trunnions are at all loose in the cap squares. But then smoothbores only hit in the general area anyway. In our cannon club smoothbores competed at 100 & 200 yds, rifled guns at 400yds. Happy shooting 😊
Dang, that cannonball drifted way to the left!
Wow!! Is that yours?
No, it belongs to the owner of a hunting ranch.
@@trailcameratexaswildlife9526 still cool though
Wow! Didn't expect that range.
The tower comes crashing sown
👍
Beautiful cannon😊
Ohio
Ohio? The place of the video you mean? Video was taken in Texas.
This looks like an average day in Ohio
Oh I see! Lol!
@@realskhkno this was in Texas 😐
@@Rlneeliasah yes firing cannon on Aliens 😂
That land looks like heaven on earth!
Pretty cool! We have Pumpkin Chunkin around here. Air powered cannons launching specially grown pumpkins for distance. 😊
I served as a crewman for a three pound mountain howitzer from the War of Independence. Maybe not as big as this one (6 pounder, probably), but boy was it fun!
Cheers!
I was at an event with the Palmetto Battery and got to fire one of their Napoleon 12 pounders at half charge. It was a rush. Those guys are the best.
For a second, I thought he was going to blow that windmill!.
BADASS !! I need one of those !!
The laugh was my exact reaction 😭
Several years ago, I worked with a man that built a cannon using the lift cylinder from a dump truck. The bore was the same size of a plastic 16 ounce bottle. He would put concrete in the bottle. Black powder in the muzzle, plastic bottle, and a fuse. He would light it, the fuse would burn down and boom. You heard boom, whack. The cannon would fire and then you heard the bottle smack into a rock face. A fun tool., but it used a lot of black powder..
Wow that's a great distance😂😂❤❤❤❤
I was actually waiting for the windmill to fall over😂😂😂
"What's that?"
"Cannon fuse"
"What do you use it for?"
"My cannon"
Re larga la mecha! Cuando dispara el cañón ya terminó la guerra!😅😂😅
That’s happy boy right there.
Straight giggling like 7-year-olds. I love it🎉❤❤❤
The deer standing in that tree line as the cannon ball bounces 😂
Impressed with the range
I thought he was shooting that windmill down at first 😂
Whoa! I had no idea that they had that kind of range!
Woooooooouuuu!!!!!❤❤❤❤ No pensaba que tenian tanto alcance esos cañones
Wow that is sooo cool!!
A friend of mine built a small cannon. I think it shot like 1½" shot I am guessing. It was back in the 1970's. He took it to his old family farm in PA and rattled windows for the local town for quite some time. He showed me some pictures of the VW he use for a target. It could only be used on Sundays after that because it was so holy. I just didn't know what you could ever use it for. Well maybe as another target.
Just found your channel and Subscribed. Interesting. Very nice canon
The Distance Has My Adrenaline Pumped
Makes me feel like playin
Hungry,Hungry Hippos😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
At first, I thought you were about to shoot down that windmill😂
Hermoso. Impresionante su alcance.
And that is why they call it King of the Battlefield
Has awesome range!
I saw a few of these on display driving through Vicksburg last year
Missed that windmill by a mile 😂😂
I thought those things to the right were the target... was waiting for the curve.. plus that shit sounded like frying bacon. 😂
That is awesome!... Seeing the HIIMARS's Great grandpa in action
Looks like commenters need a history lesson. This isn't how cannons were fired, at all. I won't go into every detail, but basically, after the cartridge was loaded, it was pricked through the hole by with a spike. A charge (not a fuse like the one in the video) was inserted into the hole. An artilleryman with a slowmatch on a stick would light the charge through the hole from the side, and it would fire almost instantly..
There were a lot more steps than this, plus safety measures takes so cartridges wouldn't fire accidentally from embers, but trained artillerymen could fire 3 times per minute.
Old timers knew how to fight with what they had. No. They would never light a slow fuse and expect the enemy to wait. They weren't dumb.
Never expected a Canon to have sich range, and thus looks like a medium one.
Imagibe having to walk that whole distance through that like at Gettysburg. 😅
that's some really good range on that thing
Nice. Don't think I've seen footage of someone live firing a canon before
Very nice , good range .
For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Damn! You got some range on that thing!!
Man the speakers...they really did the job
Very cool antique cannon
"So what exactly do you hunt with a cannon?" "Everything ".
Me in a loves truck stop trying to sit down before the T bell hits
Technology has come a long way ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I like the perspective that shows hitting spot. 🎉
If you blink your eyes real quick, you can see the cannon ball....naw I'm just kidding 😂
I cant be the only one who got slightly disappointed once they realized it wasnt aimed at the windmill
Not only is it relatively easy to see the cannon ball fly from directly behind the cannon but you can stand directly in front of it and get the same effect.
TBH I was waiting for thr 'F Troop' moment expecting the water pump to fall over.
Cannons are amazing.
Freedom. Murica. Hell yeah.