Civil War 12 pound cannon into 50 gallon drums (Antietam)

[Darthbelal]

The Confederates referred to the Antietam battle as "Artillery Hell."

[otochari]

There's a vid somewhere on YT of a History Channel show wherein Civil War reenactors use their cannon in a competition against a modern military team using a modern field gun and the outcome is a surprise. The Civil War team won. The target was a car about a 1/2 mile out.

[ELSWJS]

I can hit the barn door at a mile :)

[BungyR97]

wait is this the 12 pound nepoleon artillery thing?

[mag30th]

@BungyR97 Yes.

[BungyR97]

@mag30th thanks! i got a freaking A on my project hell yeahh

[FranciscoSRO2]

@BungyR97 I LOVE THAT CANNON 12 POUNDER NAPOLEON <3 XDDD

[BungyR97]

@FranciscoSRO2 i wish i can still use it. i can shoot my school

[savage495]

Looks like Canada has a new weapon in there navy arsenal.

[georgewashington92]

was the rifled cannon first used by the union?

[vector6977]

Imagine the damage done with canister during Gettysburg. It was like 20 pounds of rocks, glass, lead shot or anything else nasty going that fast toward an enemy.

[janedoe1024]

In the words of Gen Imboden CSA

the rifled cannon of both batteries, striking the ground at any angle over fifteen or twenty degrees, almost without exception bored their way in several feet and did no harm. It is no exaggeration to say that hundreds of shells from these fine rifle-guns exploded in front of and around my battery that day, but so deep in the ground that the fragments never came out. After the action the ground looked as though a drove of hogs had been rooting for potatoes.

[janedoe1024]

In the words of Gen. Imboden CSA I venture the opinion here, after a good deal of observation during four years, that in open ground at l000 yards a battery of twelve pounder Napoleons, well handled, will in one hour whip double their number of the best rifles ever put in the field.

[CarBinAsSasSiN4]

lol i shoot my ar15 where they were filming that i also have video of a cannon shooting at the same place

[wackedoutdude]

Holy smoke. connons must do massive damage to the enemy. I didnt realise they were that accurate.

[codeagent47]

people should still use this cannon,, it's powerful!

[hooah002]

they are really powerful. i shoot competetion against those demostration group

[codeagent47]

it must be amazing to shoot one of those!

[hooah002]

yeah its really amazing and fun, grayling is even more fun

[FutureMarine246]

@codeagent47 no use using these since we have things that are much more powerfull and more accurate

[SS13E3]

@codeagent47

its easier to shoot a couple of 40mm shells at it and call it a day

we have man portable cannons today that dont weight more than a couple of pounds

(M203s or that new 40 mil hellhound round)

[drewnickel]

@codeagent47 but it uses over 2lbs of very impractical blackpowder. which not only means it makes smoke, but it means it's half as powerful as it could be.

[NancyPelosi1954]

@drewnickel Very true. Still impressive in its own right and in relativity.

[crony5000]

@codeagent47 Because we have Mark 19 40MM Automatic Grenade Launchers...  Way more powerful check out some videos...

[Astartes19]

Cool.