British under fire over claim Henry VIII cannons smuggled from Irish waters into Tower of London
The guns, which sank with the HMS Post in 1566 near Tramore, were allegedly put on display in London with no reference to ...
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500-year-old cannon that could fire ‘like a swarm of hornets’ found in Arizona. See it
The weapon could fire solid round projectiles or buckshot, and facing down a maximum load of pellets would be like an attack by “a swarm of hornets,” the article said. The cannon likely was ...
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Cannons abandoned by doomed Spanish expedition are thought to be oldest firearms found in US
“It took some time to load and fire the cannon, as it would have for matchlock guns so they would have been of no use in a surprise attack.” The second cannon was found on the battlefield ...