In 1620s the Swedes decided to build a warship, named
VASA. Not just any warship, but a kick ass and take names, 64 gun pride of the fleet. Unfortunately they had it designed by a committee, and if I remember correctly it was top heavy, so in 1628, 1 mile into it's maiden voyage it rolled over and sank. Well this was pretty embarrassing to the committee so they just left it on the bottom until 1961, when the raised and restored it.
A year ago someone decided they should make a 3 copies of one of the 24 pounder cannons and fire one.
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To gain a better understanding of Vasa’s tactical capability, and by inference, a better understanding of the tactical environment of naval warfare in the first half of the 17th century.
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That sounds like the bullshit needed to get a green light and funding, but we know they're doing this for fun.
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the gun weighs in at around 1.25 tons, and about 3m long, and 42cm wide at the cascabel, with a bore diameter of 146mm. With the carraige weighing another 700 pounds, that brings the total weight of the assembly to almost 1.8 tons.
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So this is a major project, and they detailed at a
website.