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Cannons in Warfare
June 17th, 2015
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You have all seen cannons in movies. In the Pirates of the Caribbean, for example, a bearded pirate rushes to insert a cannonball in the cannon, a plume of thick blue smoke and loud boomerang noise and it’s gone. The earliest cannon was a dangerous weapon, to both the opponent and the persons firing it. First, it was a rudimentary way of propelling cannonballs over a great distance by use of gunpowder. However, if your guess is that the manufacturers would never tell how many accidents occurred during the firing of the cannon, you guessed right. The cannon changed the art of war and by a great deal too. Since the advent of the modern cannon from the 17th century, to the modern machine of war, it’s clear that there has been a lot of improvement in the cannon. The Chinese may not be credited with much apart from astrology and alternative medicine, but they must have been among the earliest people to use the cannon. It was so popular that it soon replaced other old weapons as the king of the battlefield. The cannon was first used in Europe in the 13th century. As it became more popular, the heavy cannons were discarded in favor of lighter ones that were easier to move around on their own wheels. It was also developed to make it strong enough to withstand attack by other weapons. The cannons transformed naval warfare because of their superior fire power. Its accuracy was improved significantly to rival that of other weapons. The wadding is added and then the cannon ball follows. The cannons are then fired by lighting the fuse which burns the gun powder until it explodes propelling the cannon ball. There are cannons of varying sizes but the term is used to describe a gun that fires a shot that is 19 kg heavy. What I do not know is whether people still have to scamper for cover and plug their ears when they are firing the modern canon. Can you Shoot the cannon and defend yourself? Image courtesy of: http://www.themarmot.net/suarez-to-be-fired-out-of-cannon/ |
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