Discussion What would have caused this?

[Jack7171]

I contacted a deeply knowledgeable NPS friend about this gun. He is familiar with this gun.

What makes it remarkable is that it survived the war. Ordinarily it would have been melted down along with obsolete & shot out tubes to cast new Napoleons.

This particular Napoleon had a predestination during loading. A shell & charge in the chase not far from the muzzle during ramming.

The swell is the locus of where the detonation of the round & charge occurred.

What would a predestination during loading mean?

 

[Rhea Cole]

...so an act of God?


USS ALASKA

Indeed, the # 1 was a Prespyterian… thanks for the edit.

 

[Dan Kohli]

What would a predestination during loading mean?

The shell blowed up too early during the loading for some reason or another.

 

[Rhea Cole]

I heard back from my EOD nephew. He couldn't be specific without more data. However, the quantity of accelerant [ his word ] in a shell & charge of black powder was undoubtedly capable of causing the distortion & failure in the photo.

 

[R. Porter]

Indeed, the # 1 was a Prespyterian… thanks for the edit.

You mean god's in the artillery and not in the cavalry? Well, I guess that explains thunder and lightning; fire and brimstone.

 

[Rhea Cole]

You mean god's in the artillery and not in the cavalry? Well, I guess that explains thunder and lightning; fire and brimstone.

As a member of the Order of St Barbara, the patron saint of artillery, I can attest to red legs needing all the divine guidance they can get.