Armchair Dragoons Forums

News:

  • The ACDC returns in 2025!  17-19 January 2025 we'll gather online for a variety of games and chats all weekend long
  • The 2024 Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly will be held 11-13 October 2024 at The Gamer's Armory in Cary, NC (outside of Raleigh)

News

The 2024 Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly will be held 11-13 October 2024 at The Gamer's Armory in Cary, NC (outside of Raleigh)
« previous next »
Pages: 1

Author Topic: Pre war maneuvers  (Read 5625 times)

besilarius

  • Corporal
  • **
  • Posts: 1696
on: September 09, 2022, 11:02:29 AM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RkI5o-qwwcM&list=FLPqpSO2PBmUA4X3a9qi2LIg&

Army maneuvers about 1910.
If you jump to 11:00, they are man handling a naval 4.7" gun.  Quite a slog.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.

mcguire

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Corporal
  • *
  • Posts: 1101
  • Shoes for industry!
Reply #1 on: September 09, 2022, 02:37:33 PM
Quote from: besilarius on September 09, 2022, 11:02:29 AM
Army maneuvers about 1910.
If you jump to 11:00, they are man handling a naval 4.7" gun.  Quite a slog.

I am reading Kenneth Chase's Firearms and just saw a bit about, in the 17th century you needed 200  horses for each gun, including the ammunition, powder, and other supplies.

"Man...knowing how to use the cards properly certainly changes how I play the game" -- judgedredd

Pages: 1
« previous next »