it would be great if they could use these fake ground explosions during civil war reenactments to simulate cannon fire explosions. Imagine a few of these babies going off during Pickett's Charge? You'd just need to tell people not to be near themwhile they're going off so no one gets hurt. But that would add so much more realism to these reneactment battles.
How is it that a solid iron ball explodes? You would need a hollowed ball filled with medium or high explosive most probably a primary "impact sensitive", wouldn't you? And if you have a cannonball that's hollow, how do you fill it without an opening? And if you make an opening, how do you seal it? Finally, how do you keep it from exploding when fired from the cannon?
@PsychoScientist007 Hi. An exploding cannon ball is hollow and they were made with a small opening where the powder was put in. Then the hole was "stuffed" with a slow burning fuse. When the powder in the cannon was set off the fire and heat lit the fuse and started it burning @ the same time the cannon ball was sent down the barrel. Sometimes the ball exploded before or after it hit the target. It's interesting that when the exploding ball was 1st invented some said it was "ungentelmanly".
I don't think there were reliable impact fuzes in the Civil War. Wasn't it a lacquered screw-in time fuze that ignited on firing and had to burn down? The image of the fizzing bomb bouncing around before detonating. I believe a collector got killed by one of these ancient relics a few years back? He scraped away at the fuze and on exposure to oxygen it came back to life and blew him up.
@NoahWasaSailor You were there, did you not see the shells flying out of the mortars? (you can see them in the video) did you not see the streak hit the ground right before the explosion? (also in the video)
@SLICSfootbaby They basically just fired a ball. it wasn't charged. There were people all around there down the hill. it would be incredibly dangerous to fire a live round. if you follow the shell as it comes close to the ground, you can see that its a bit to the left
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V3toif 4 months ago
it would be great if they could use these fake ground explosions during civil war reenactments to simulate cannon fire explosions. Imagine a few of these babies going off during Pickett's Charge? You'd just need to tell people not to be near themwhile they're going off so no one gets hurt. But that would add so much more realism to these reneactment battles.
topjimmy72 11 months ago
thnx for ur reply 63gstone,
PsychoScientist007 1 year ago
How is it that a solid iron ball explodes? You would need a hollowed ball filled with medium or high explosive most probably a primary "impact sensitive", wouldn't you? And if you have a cannonball that's hollow, how do you fill it without an opening? And if you make an opening, how do you seal it? Finally, how do you keep it from exploding when fired from the cannon?
PsychoScientist007 1 year ago
@PsychoScientist007 Hi. An exploding cannon ball is hollow and they were made with a small opening where the powder was put in. Then the hole was "stuffed" with a slow burning fuse. When the powder in the cannon was set off the fire and heat lit the fuse and started it burning @ the same time the cannon ball was sent down the barrel. Sometimes the ball exploded before or after it hit the target. It's interesting that when the exploding ball was 1st invented some said it was "ungentelmanly".
63gstone 1 year ago
that fake is awesome. it really looks like the shell's explosion.
Its explosives under the floor
FranciscoSRO2 1 year ago
thats the battlefield no rounds i thought?
BLUEBOYNJ 3 years ago
it was not the original field but it was in Gettysburg near the field. It was blank round. they had explosives in the ground
NoahWasaSailor 3 years ago 2
I don't think there were reliable impact fuzes in the Civil War. Wasn't it a lacquered screw-in time fuze that ignited on firing and had to burn down? The image of the fizzing bomb bouncing around before detonating. I believe a collector got killed by one of these ancient relics a few years back? He scraped away at the fuze and on exposure to oxygen it came back to life and blew him up.
pinz2022 2 years ago
@pinz2022 the rifled gun's had impact fuze's the smoothbore's used what's called a boreman fuze it ignited when the gun was fired.
stewie13 1 year ago
Anyway it's awesome!
jlasud 3 years ago
OMG! was that a charged one or previusly put explosive in the ground and set of in the moment of impact?
jlasud 3 years ago 2
it was explosives in the ground. When i first filmed this i thought it was charged but they are not allowed to have em charged
NoahWasaSailor 3 years ago 3
@NoahWasaSailor You were there, did you not see the shells flying out of the mortars? (you can see them in the video) did you not see the streak hit the ground right before the explosion? (also in the video)
SLICSfootbaby 1 year ago
@SLICSfootbaby They basically just fired a ball. it wasn't charged. There were people all around there down the hill. it would be incredibly dangerous to fire a live round. if you follow the shell as it comes close to the ground, you can see that its a bit to the left
NoahWasaSailor 1 year ago 2
@NoahWasaSailor Nevermind, I apologize
SLICSfootbaby 1 year ago
@NoahWasaSailor Nevermind... I do not apologize
SLICSfootbaby 1 year ago