Great moments in photoshop journalism
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See David Hardy.
Update: In comments, Tam says maybe not.
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September 9th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Uh. Everything?
September 9th, 2009 at 8:55 am
They are also standing directly behind the cannon…
September 9th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Think Hardy’s wrong on this ‘un.
That top cylinder is the hydraulic recoil assembly. The lower tube is the actual barrel. That’s a British Q.F. horse artillery piece as made famous by L battery of the R.H.A. at Néry.
It’s not an AK-47.
September 9th, 2009 at 9:03 am
That’s where they’re supposed to stand it has a gun shield, see?
It’s an hydraulically-buffered quick-firing breechloader, not the cannon from your local Civil War memorial.
September 9th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Here we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_13_pounder
September 9th, 2009 at 9:55 am
“Think Hardy’s wrong on this ‘un.”
Definitely, and obviously. Jeezis. Even I knew that.
September 9th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Tam called it.
September 9th, 2009 at 10:03 am
[…] I’m pretty sure it’s an AK-47 […]
And a big one, too.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Not to be sexist or anything but . . . . Does anyone else think its completely sexy that Tam knows more about all things firepower than 99.9999% of guys out there.
I certainly do!
September 9th, 2009 at 11:43 am
I think they have the same or similar model at the new artillery museum at Ft. Sill. Howitzer innovation was at its finest in the 19th century, and many countries began building recoil-compensating field pieces.
The museum is worth seeing if you’re ever stuck in Lawton, OK for an hour or two. It sure beats the indian casinos, and best of all, it’s free.
Regards,
Rabbit.
September 9th, 2009 at 11:48 am
“Not to be sexist or anything but . . .”
It’s not sexist to speak this truth anymore than it’s wrong to be drawn to a rose despite (or more probably, because of) its thorns.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I’d be surprised if the RHA was wearing Napoleonic dress at Nery…
September 9th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Tam, have you ever stood inches from such a cannon?
The hydraulics dont exactly make the recoil go magically away…
My car is hydraulically-buffered to stay at its ride height, wanna lay under it whilst I drop a piano on it?
September 9th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I also suppose the camera angle could make the guys look too close to the gun….
September 9th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
If you didn’t huddle up behind the gun shield, Jerry shell fragments might get you before you could win immortality with a VC.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
I’m going with the idea that the shield does not recoil with the barrel. Still, beware moving parts.
September 10th, 2009 at 12:11 am
Video of the piece (I think. I’m not rated for close quarters Field Artillery recognition like Tam is) in action:
September 10th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Presumably there’s only a small powder charge in there to make a bang for the salute- they aren’t actually firing shells at anything Bobby. Thus there won’t be quite so much recoil as when the weapon was used in combat.
September 13th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Funny, I figured that the plug in the barrel would have come out with the shell…