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A new whatziss...

By The Armorer on May 15, 2010 | | Comments (16)
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There you go. Context and everything.

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By Old Fat Sailor on May 15, 2010 1:11 PM
3' ordinance rifle
 
By Neffi on May 15, 2010 1:27 PM
Howitzer, M1841
 
By 1idvet on May 15, 2010 1:37 PM
I agree. It's a civil war era howitzer. Maybe a Confederate Brass Howitzer?
 
By H H on May 15, 2010 1:57 PM
Napoleon three pounder, civil war era.  In light of the debris behind and along side the building behind the artillery piece, I would guess it was part of the Castle defense battery.
I am probably wrong, but it sounds good, which is what many politicians think most important.
 
By Fred on May 15, 2010 1:58 PM
By the context, it's a lawn ornament. Then again, it could be a lawn armament.
 
By jsallison on May 15, 2010 4:05 PM
Whatever it is, the bore is rusty. Who's the ncoic of that piece?
 
By Mythilt on May 15, 2010 4:23 PM
What makes you all think the cannon is the whatziss?  The whatziss is obviously the green stuff under that bush..I'd say 3 mil plant barrier.
 
By AFSister on May 15, 2010 5:19 PM
I am sure you don't want the answer "cannon"... but..... CANNON.
 
By Kevin on May 15, 2010 5:54 PM

A long overdue replacement for the Kappa Alpha Fraternity at MU?

"In late April, 2004, it was reported that members of Kappa Alpha Order packed an antique cannon on their front lawn with fireworks in an attempt to simulate a cannon blast. The cannon was actually packed with gun powder only. The fireworks were set off away from the cannon hours before the cannon exploded.

The blast from the gun powder destroyed the cannon and sent an 8-inch (200 mm) portion of the cannon crashing through the roof of an apartment building across the street. The large piece of metal tore through the fifth floor of the apartments before crashing through the ceiling and coming to a rest on a pingpong table a fourth floor lounge. "

As a side note, of possible international consequences...

http://archive.columbiatribune.com/2004/may/20040501news005.asp

"Several Chinese students who were almost struck by the cannon fragment belong to a Communist Party leadership association and are visiting the United States for three months. "

and now, they hold our banknotes...

Off on a tangent. 

That is all.

 
By RetRsvMike on May 15, 2010 6:41 PM
looks like a 6 pounder from Gonzales...

is that the one now owned by Brad Linaweaver?
 
By John (Not The Armorer) on May 15, 2010 7:16 PM
Just a tool for deer hunting:
http://www.buckstix.com/howitzer.htm

 
By Fishmugger on May 15, 2010 8:41 PM
This is going to hurt my heart...something to signal "Touch Down Navy".
 
By Argent on May 15, 2010 9:37 PM
It seems very light so focused more on the portability than the bang.
 
By Navig8r on May 16, 2010 1:47 AM
A 12 Lb mountain howitzer.  Looks much like the full size replica one of my history buff acquaintances constructed when we were in college.
 
By BillT on May 16, 2010 5:21 AM
Plantains, some nutsedge, and blue fescue that's in really rough shape.

If that's not the Whatziss, then you must mean the 12" Thermopane inserts in the house. Or the polypropylene siding.
 
By Boquisucio on May 16, 2010 8:43 AM
I was gonna say: that's the ugliest forthysia I've seen.