13 in. Seacoast Mortar

[CamelBallZee]

0:35 sounds like a duck orgasming.

[puppynamedmoleson100]

surprised the camera didnt get taken out

[keithehlert]

looked like solid shot to me...

[AUG351]

@keithehlert Soilid shot would be a solid ball, this is shell because it explodes in the air the first time and it explodes when it hit the ground. Most old artillery shells used a timed fuze not a impact fuze exept some of the rifled shells so it might explode above, or after hitting the ground.

[63gstone]

We have those her in Charleston down at the Battery. I've always wondered what those were like when they were fired. Now I know! To be on the receiving end of one of those things must have been freightening to say the least! Thanks for posting this.

[hooah002]

@UDI1995 no not really u got three guys carrying the ball the guy in the middle walks up little steps and sits the ball in the tube and then thats it

[Fastbikkel]

Impressive stuff :-)

[drewculver]

I researched more about the 13 inch seacoast after this past weekend's visit to Charleston. Those things are massive and I had no idea of their range. Very impressive.

[tripolibaby62]

How can I get in contact with these gunners? I 'm working on a new television series and we're currently working on an episode that covers artillery and mortars. Pease advise...

[MattCockburn]

any need for crew members?

[hooah002]

@MattCockburn Hardly shoots it that much anymore there s no range really for that monster But we do are looking for newbies to join in the ranks with the acwsa and the n-ssa 

[MattCockburn]

i just realized you posted that 9 months ago. so i mean might you have need for crew in the future?

[3mate1]

Sure makes those pussy loads at Reenactments seem like childsplay. The heavies were nothing to mess around with on a Battlefield. I was here once, and that concussion is so heavy you feel like you are getting hit by a hammer when that 13" fires its 200lb shell. Even with Earplugs in... it still hurts. Thanks to the Paulsons who made this possible!

[BrianGriffin66]

Listen to the shrapnel whizzing all over the place after the shell explodes in the second camera.

[Madmachine73]

A seacoast mortar? Shooting in the plains? xD

Now that's odd...

[40AcreMule]

Not odd at all. During the Seige of Petersburg a 13-inch seacoast mortar was put on a railroad flat car and sent inland to front lies.

Seacoast mortars were also used on specially built rafts on the Mississippi River.

[Madmachine73]

To front lies?

Anyways, thanks, at least I've learned something 2day.

[40AcreMule]

Well, just behind the front lines at Petersburg. Look up "The Dicator" on Google.

[40AcreMule]

I mean "The Dictator."

[Madmachine73]

You also said front lies so that's why I didn't understand a clue, but no it's alright I won't look for it besides I'd fall first on Charly Chaplin.

[pugswithguns]

hell ya

[fantactical]

holy crap!! what a cannon.. and all off thats scrapnel flying daaamn..5 star :O

[DaveTheSamurai]

Wow thats powerful! What a hell of a mortar cannon.

[waterloo2you]

19th Century artillery cool. :-)

[harley19770]

Hell yea

[Pickett14thLouisiana]

Woooow!!!

[GodSaveThePres]

wooo

[OfficerPotnky]

Is the sound at the end merely a distortion of the microphone, or does it really make such a noise?

[40AcreMule]

Yeah, that's what it sounds like.

[wontuguessmyname]

awesome!

[GettysburgGhost1863]

Holy crap, that's a big gun!

[supergeniusbach]

dang...got to get me one of those...wow

[3mate1]

is that Terry Clymer pulling the lanyard?!?

[finchiestiffler79]

limited range of a big projectile.

[swordfighter3]

it's pretty powerful, is its range a little over 3,500 yards?

[recymech2]

shes a beast