Cannon Firing at Fort Henry

[themailman43]

If you want to see a more realistic cannon fire , visit the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine. You won't be dissapointed.

[KoalaBearWarrior]

Did is seriously take them 4 minutes to fire a ball? wtf. 

[bigphot]

um may i ask when did the damn thing fire cause i didnt here a damn thing

[158057]

thats alot of work for a single cannon shot. and it took forever. i would have fired 15 rounds in that time with my cannon.

[ckyownz9]

slow ass crew

[kamikazeboy123]

@ckyownz9 they move slow so that the audience can see properly.

but in war every second is important.

[tiagandremo]

what wound be awesome was if it was a whole row of cannons firing actual amunition

[godwin882]

I love fort henry

I go there when ever i can [i live in historic kingston]

[mutzwig]

i heard a rumor that the guard used to sneak frozen grapefruit up on the barbette and aim for the tower on cedar island...don't know if it's true or not...

[gulac1104]

if they actually fired in that pace, they would be deadmeat when the time came

[Iceman5164]

@gulac1104

Well their doing this to make it look professional, with the US Military of the time I doubt they would be as disciplined and would probably attempt to fire as many rounds as possible...

[mayhem001boats]

No you didn't get it on video - you knock the camera and we missed it!

[Steeveriffic]

Bad stave-work, number 2.

[veyron2008]

Where i'm from, geelong Australia, they decided at like the 100th anniversery of Ft Queenscliff to fire the 12" dissappearing gun (only one in Australia), but they forgot that back in the day they had a massive earth rampart behind the guns to absorb the shock, so they fired it, and it blew out every window in a 2mile radius, the prime misister who was attending was blown off his chair, as was everyone else

[czeszc]

Last time i was there i think they said they were using 8 pounders instead of what they used back in that time period of 10 pounders.

[sellio7]

Not sure I would say sad. Sometimes to make it relevant as a tourist destination progress needs to be made. As far as I could tell they tried to make this as delicately as possible.

[trucker765]

sad what they did to the place.putting those speakers and electricety.sad :-(

[HalfKaztBoy]

no?

[Killface9]

That wasn't a real round and the camera person fliched anyway. Truely timid people inhabit this planet these days. Shamefull. Where's the real artilliry videos, with live HE shells.

[sellio7]

It was loud enough for me! Some people would see the humour in it like me, you choose to see shame? To each his own.

[mganthon]

AGC on a camera or recording software will cut out sound like that too.... it's a shame, but it happens.. I will try to post some videos of Live-fire for you with the aftermath... both Canister and Bolt.

[Killface9]

Cool, I want to see an impact.

[Steeveriffic]

The last time they used a regulation charge, the blast shattered windows on the nearby military base. One pound of black powder still gives you plenty of smoke and noise.

[Killface9]

I don't care if they use a full charge. I'd like to see an actual projectile fired, even if it is slightly sub-caliber. That splash on the water would be the coup de grace.

[Steeveriffic]

That would be cool. They still can't do it though, because the gun looks out over lake Ontario, which is full of boats and swimmers, so it's way too dangerous.

[Killface9]

If the boaters know that live ordanance is going to be incoming, they'll clear out.

They could lob out an airburst shell first for a warning shot. When people feel a few barely cooled shell fragments fall on them, they'll clear out. They'll clear out for the show.

I want to see a few live shells hit the water.

Other people would too.

[salemcripple]

Now THAT would be awesome.

[Strato50]

Your angle is way better than where i was, windy though eh?

[sellio7]

Yeah it was a rather windy summer day when I shot this. We were lucky it wasn't too busy when we were there so we were able to get fairly close.