Are you having trouble with the Algerine pirates attacking your Merchant ships.
Then you need look no further than here:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPC7KiYDshw
Bligh.
The Algerine pirates.
Are you having trouble with the Algerine pirates attacking your Merchant ships.
Then you need look no further than here:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPC7KiYDshw
Bligh.
That was fascinating. Square bullets?!
"It's not the towering sails, but the unseen wind that moves a ship."
–English Proverb
With no rifling and hence no spin, even had they been adopted, I doubt if they would do much more damage than a round lead ball Jim.
Rob.
Yeah but remind me not to step into the path of one!
Don't step into the path of one Neil!
There you go.
Rob.
No designed spin but the round will almost certainly tumble. depending on the attitude it has at the time of impact it could be a bit more penetrative.Originally Posted by Bligh
i saw one of these and another gun that fired square bullets at Bucklers Hard many years ago. The explanation there was just that it hurt more :)
Thank you for the clarification on that one Dave.
Not that we are very likely to come into contact with a round from one of those, but just for authenticity reasons it is good to know these things.
Rob.
Dear Bligh,
Thank the admiralty for me. I've always relied on the concept of tradition over innovation.
Murad Reis
Grand Admiral of the Tripolitanian Navy
Bob
Rules are rough approximations of what you think I might do!
That was a good 'find', Rob.I was hoping that we could see it being fired but, considering how rare they are, it is not surprising that it was not fired.
I thank the Grand Admiral for his comments.
It is a great pity that only two such weapons were sold.
Bligh.
Well I stepped into that one.
Don't step into the path of one Neil!
There you go.
Rob.
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