Dude says Vesuvius never saw active service, which flies in the face of the Wikipedia entry that says it made at least one coastal bombardment during the Spanish-American War. Who's telling the truth?
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Closely related to the nitroglycerin squirt gun...
ReplyDeleteThis just screams out for a "Mythbuster" episode!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the interesting morning read. For a few moments, I actually forgot to be cranky about being up so early.
ReplyDeleteOh look, a warship stuffed full of dynamite! What could possibly..
ReplyDeleteYep.
ReplyDeleteAn over-grown potato gun crossed with high explosives? You're a woman after my own heart.
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Dude says Vesuvius never saw active service, which flies in the face of the Wikipedia entry that says it made at least one coastal bombardment during the Spanish-American War. Who's telling the truth?
ReplyDeleteWikipedia.
ReplyDeleteYou can see the tri-barrel dynamite gun in action in The Rough Riders.
A couple of the early U.S. Navy Holland submarines mounted a pneumatic dynamite gun in the bow.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_Zalinsky.htm