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rahamy
05 Aug 06, 12:39
Q: What was the large-bore cannon with a short barrel, strictly for use at close range?
FastPhil
05 Aug 06, 13:31
Q: What was the large-bore cannon with a short barrel, strictly for use at close range?

For Naval use it would be a carronade-I don't know for ground use-I think it was about a 68lber during this period. Basically a BIG shotgun.
KG_RangerBooBoo
05 Aug 06, 14:18
Isn't that what they called a mortar back then.
rahamy
05 Aug 06, 17:03
The carronade is what I was looking for.

They had motars back then too, so these are different creatures. :cool: