The bronze mountain howitzer, originally classified for mountain service, was in fact a light fieldpiece of great mobility for use in all kinds of rough terrain. This little brute could shoot the same ammunition as the 12-pounder field howitzer and the 12-pounder Napoleon (except for solid shot)….
Companion weapons to Civil War guns were Howitzers-smoothbore cannon. As a rule, they are designed to throw large projectiles with comparatively light charges of powder concentrated at the bottom of the tube by means of a chamber. They were lighter than guns of the same caliber and…
The largest gun in the family of cannon design known as the Model of 1841 is the 12-pounder gun. This behemoth cannon was replaced in 1857 by the Napoleon because of its weight. We offer this gun in naval gun bronze with a steel sleeve or in…
The mystery gun; WHY? because no one knows for sure anything about this beautiful gun. Although there are several of these cannons that still exists, why they were made or who they were made for is still a mystery. Probably sold to Home-Guard units to protect towns…
Companion weapons to Civil War guns were Howitzers-smoothbore cannon. As a rule, designed to throw large projectiles with comparatively light charges of powder concentrated at the bottom of the tube by means of a chamber. They were lighter than guns of the same caliber and at short…