Its been a month and no one seems interested in guessing the answer. I'll give it a little longer, then give the answer and open it up to whoever wants to post.
No interest in guessing after 1 month.
The picture is of the Howell Torpedo, designed by LT Commander Howell of US Navy in the 19th century. It used a flywheel for propulsion. The performance of the Whitehead torpedo eventually surpassed it and only 50 or so were made. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_torpedo
Qnyone who wants to post can.
Anyone willing to take the turn?
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Under the patronage of Finlander, patron of Lugotorix & Lifthrasir & joerock22 & Socrates1984 & Kilo11 & Vladyvid & Dick Cheney & phazer & Jake Armitage & webba 84 of the Imperial House of Hader
Alright. I've got something for you.
First hint: it looks like machine gun, it is belt fed like a machine gun, is automatic and has high rate of fire like a machine gun, but shoots pistol ammunition.
The ammunition angle will probably be easiest, so I'll give you another hint. It's 7.62mm. Not telling which though.
LAD.
Nice pun there mate.
It's a British 64 pounder muzzleloader mounted on a "disappearing" gun carriage used mostly for coastal defenses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearing_gun
As the cannons used for coast defenses got larger they soon outweighed the practicality of a such mechanisms to support them so this type of carriage was mostly gone by WWI. By the end of WWII coastal artillery in general was largely obsoleted by the advent of strategic air power.
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Bingo
Here is my new submission:
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Last edited by Forward Observer; October 09, 2021 at 02:43 PM. Reason: better picture
Artillery brings dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl!
Wow! Over 2900 views to this thread since I posted the above musket a week ago and nobody has a guess?
Here are some clues: It is a smoothbore and it or one of its iterations was used in at least 4 wars spanning almost a half a century.
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There is something about it that looks really weird... I don't know... the Brown Bess?
EDIT: Actually taking notice of some design differences... it looks more like the Charleville.
Although not French, it is sometimes referenced as "of the Charleville design or pattern"
Last edited by Forward Observer; October 20, 2021 at 12:04 AM.
Artillery brings dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl!