Landsknecht Guild

Post edited 1:29 pm - May 11, 2011 by Liam

I am just going to go with Wilhelm for a few reasons… partialy because Gustov bestowed it on me.

I have some experience with historical cannons and fabricating them for “civil war events”. I have even built a few… A turned wooden 6×6 on a wodden lathe can get some some wonderfull results. With a steel sleve the cannon can take powder charge and be fired. Waggons can be made to dis-assemble for transportation. Weight and cost can be overcome with this solution.

I can get ahold of reasonably accurate hollow iron sand casted garden ordimant cannons. These barrels come at about 32″ length and in the correct carrage would look reasonably peroid. An example of one that I have modified… The carage would have to be fabricated in either solution.

http://i1176.photobucket.com/a…..1305133815

Link to some historical documents from 1495ish.

http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.c…..odder.html

Link to some history.

http://xenophongroup.com/montj…..p_wpns.htm

I have plans for a simple english war of roses carrage. The pattern seems fairly universal.

/seeking an overall opinion.

I just bought a 34 inch cannon barrel, hollow iron/sand cast garden cannon. Pics will follow when I can get to my fathers house. Looking for carrage plans.