Talk:36-pounder long gun
Latest comment: 10 days ago by GoofyAntwerp in topic It's 36 French pounds
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It's 36 French pounds
editThe French article states the weight of shot in kilograms, which I've added to the English article. The 36-pounder name comes from the weight of shot in pre-metric French pounds, which is close to 39 English pounds.
Roches (talk) 05:09, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
- Hello,
- Thanks for your article !
- I'm a tourist guide in Antwerp and very recently here they dug up the barrel of a French 36-pounder.
- Now I'm preparing an article for the quarterly magazine of the Antwerp tourists guide on this subject.
- Your article is a big help.
- But something is really puzzling me ... 14 gunners ?
- The canon is not big enough to fit them around it ?
- On contemporary paintings I find only 4 gunners standing around.
- And in your description of how it was operated I also count 4 gunners ...
- So what about the 10 others ? GoofyAntwerp (talk) 22:00, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
- Hello, I was too fast.
- Your article mentions a total of 14 men, only 12 gunners.
- But that leaves still a surplus of 8 ... ? GoofyAntwerp (talk) 22:14, 18 November 2024 (UTC)