Hint?
Hint?
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Between national armories and private contractors there were over 700,000 of these produced. They were .69 caliber smoothbores. The "battery" or what is more commonly called the pan of the flintlock was made of brass and was removable. This allowed the lock to easily be converted later on from flintlock to percussion when the more reliable type of ignition became standard starting in the 1840's.
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Last edited by Forward Observer; November 02, 2021 at 02:46 PM.
Artillery brings dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl!
Anyone willing to take the turn? Unless Forward Observer want to post a new one ofc
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Well, nobody is guessing...so I will. Looks like Springfield Model 1816.
Correct. The the M1795 was first recognized US military main battle longarm manufactured by the new Springfield armory and it was patterned after the French Charleville. The M1795 was used extensively through the war of 1812 but it was in continuous evolution with minor improvements. Enough so that a new model was so designated in 1816. This model or various iterations of it remained in production until 1840 or so. There are 3 major recognized types. Mine having been produced in 1832 is the last type or a type III.
These were used in flintlock form by the US military in the 2nd Seminole war (1832), the Texas war of independence in 1835(early military surplus), and finally the Mexican-American war (1846-1848).
Around 1845 or so, it was estimated that there were about 400,000 of the Model 1816s that were in suitable condition to be converted from flintlock to percussion. At least 300k or more were so converted. They were still smoothbores though.
In 1855, the US military officially adopted the .58 cal minie ball as standard ammunition to be used in rifled muskets such as the M1855 Springfield and later the M1861 and M1863. However, when the ACW started--due to a shortage of rifled muskets, many Model 1816s were pressed in to service by both the North and the South. They were more prominent in the South--having been confiscated from various militia and military armories located in the Southern states. Even though a smooth bore they were still effective given a type of cartridge developed for them called "buck and ball". This consisted of a .69 cal lead ball plus 3 quarter inch buckshot.
Consequently this firearm saw active service from 1816 until the mid 1860s or roughly 47 to 49 years.
Here it is kitted out for the Mexican American War. We were still using white buff leather but started converting over to regular tanned leather by the end of the war so I acquired some reproduction stuff for the picture. The Mexican war US Army forage cap looked very much like a modern US style visored police cap. Besides the original musket, the bayonet and clay pipe bowl are also original period pieces.
Sarin: You have the floor. Someone else will have to rep you. The system won't let me since I haven't been active enough lately to rep anyone else
Last edited by Forward Observer; January 13, 2022 at 12:45 PM.
Artillery brings dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl!
Sar1n repped.
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Sun Tzu
Thank you. Abdul also repped me, so...I'll take it as clearing up some owed rep.
Could it be the CANT Z.515?
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Hint: this is a prototype which has never made it into serial production,. It's pretty recent
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Is that the PL-01?
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Sun Tzu
It is
Polish new generation battle tank that never became a thing
over to you
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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Sun Tzu
is that the JA 37?
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Yes, it is indeed the JA 37, more commonly known as the Viggen.
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Sun Tzu
At first I thought it was some sort of Soviet plane, honestly.
Next one
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This looks like the Sukhoi Su-57.
To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Sun Tzu
It's the Su 57 indeed
edit: still cannot rep you sorry
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To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
- Sun Tzu