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September 19th, 2004
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| Centurion | Post; Beach artillery - Invisible cannonsDoes anyone have any information on these? I saw them on a history channel program ( modern marvels ? ) it intrigued me, does anyone have any pictures of these? |
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September 19th, 2004
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| The fire is everything...  | Never heard of that.... Could you please specify some more what guns you are talking about?? |
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September 19th, 2004
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| Optio | The only thing that comes to my mind would be the 75mm pack howitzers used by the USMC during WWII.
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September 19th, 2004
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| Centurion | He is talking about the early shore batteries that would retract behind a parapit after firing. Don't know much about them, but mainly used to defend ports from my understanding.
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September 19th, 2004
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| Optio | Sort of like the old coastal batteries? |
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September 19th, 2004
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| Centurion | Yeah, lil hulk was right on the ball. They used their power the recoil themselves back into their little bunker, it was cool footage... I was just wondering if anyone knew anything about them or had pics :P |
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September 20th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | yes i believe he is talking about the 10 to 14 inch disappearing rifles that were placed at the entrances to harbours (really intriguging: guess they didn't think the enemy would land anywhere else). here is one site that deals with pre-dreadnought coastal fortss and weapons, world wide, with links to everything coastal. http://www.oz.net/~markhow/pre-dred/coastal.htm 
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September 23rd, 2004
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| Milites Gregarius | Post; <S><S> Neat Information! |
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October 9th, 2004
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| Optio | Hey, I just happen to have a picture of one tight here:  |
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October 9th, 2004
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