The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Athens Double-Barreled Cannon (April, 1862) - Feb. 14th, 2005

American’s Civil War | September 1997 | Lonnie R. Speer

[SAMWolf]

also, in BOTH the WBTS & WW1, the tactics were FAR BEHIND the level of effectiveness of the weapons!

And therein lay the problem. How many were slaughtered becasue of out of date tactics?

[ruoflaw]

You are appreciated for all that you do here!

[SAMWolf]

Thanks ruoflaw

[colorado tanker]

I thought this was weird until I remembered the Kerry Kannon, which has a barrel that curves around 360 degrees so that when a salvo is fired it hits him in the backside.

Happy Valentines Day to all in the Foxhole.

[SAMWolf]

the Kerry Kannon

LOL! Thank God he decided to use it too.

[E.G.C.]

Updating on Dad. He's doing real well. His ulcer is pretty much in control however his pacemaker is missing a few beats and the doctor wants it to work properly before he releases him.

We expect him to be released soon.

His pacemaker has about a year left before it needs to be replaced.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the update on your Dad.

[PhilDragoo]

THE INVENTION OF BARBED WIRE

Joseph F. Glidden of Dekalb, Illinois attended a county fair where he observed a demonstration of a wooden rail with sharp nails protruding along its sides, hanging inside a smooth wire fence. This inspired him to invent and patent a successful barbed wire in the form we recognize today. Glidden fashioned barbs on an improvised coffee bean grinder, placed them at intervals along a smooth wire, and twisted another wire around the first to hold the barbs in a fixed position.

THE BARBED WIRE BOOM

The advent of Glidden's successful invention set off a creative frenzy that eventually produced over 570 barbed wire patents. It also set the stage for a three-year legal battle over the rights to these patents.

THE FATHER OF BARBED WIRE

When the legal battles were over, Joseph Glidden was declared the winner and the Father of Barbed Wire.

Linda Glidden in my grade school and high school alluded to her relative's invention, maintained a fascination with horses, and at the funeral of our eighth-grade teacher was looking for "somebody to build me a barn".

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Judging by the circumferential groove,
the hemispheres were wired together,
and upon firing, split apart [viz. Howard Dean].

Apache with Boeing M230 Chain Gun
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[U S Army EOD]

What if both side had nukes?

[Victoria Delsoul]

[w_over_w]

Evening Grace Folks~

Another one of those CW stories that slips under the radar . . . but the Foxhole vets dig it up.

Thus the projectiles, fired separately but simultaneously, would pull the chain taut between them as they hurtled across the battlefield, somewhere between waist- and chin-high, cutting down troops like a giant scythe.

In some ways I'm glad this weapon was a failure. Of course when you consider the effects of "double cannisters" fired over (and through) approaching infantry . . . no words can describe. What I do find interesting is that no one suggested simply utilizing this cannon as a regular part of an enfilade wherein at least one barrel is always loaded so that there is never a pause to reload along the column of cannon fire. But that's just the view from the "cheap seats". Great read.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

This rare wildbird says . . .

Give me my Valentine's seed our I'll bite your face off!!

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. My goodness that picture scared me!

So w, have you given up steak so you can afford Nyjer seed?

I had a Northern Flicker show up at my suet feeder. Cool!

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon Phil Dragoo.

Barbed war also started a lot of "Cattle Wars" in the West.

I'd love to have that M230 mounted on my SUV roof. :-)

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon w_over_w.

Fleschette rounds are really nasty too. the modern more deadly equivalent of canister.

LOL! I don't think we have those wildbirds in Oregon. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon Victoria. Cute picture. You just gotta love puppies.

[SAMWolf]

The way feelings were at the time, I think they'd have used them.

[PhilDragoo]

Just the ticket for those Defoliate the Bushes bumper stickers.

Defoliate this.

[Calpernia]

That was interesting. Thank you for the ping!

[PhilDragoo]

So that's a cat bird.

[U S Army EOD]

Fort Sumpter would have been glass.

I think you are right, there is no question they would have used them.