We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:42:24 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:14:05 -0600 :) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208428 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208428 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:17:38 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208325 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208325 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:42:32 -0600 'practice missile fired from a Canadian destroyer into a house near a harbour'

Checkfiring on the Canadian jokes.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208312 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208312 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:23:55 -0600 End result was a smoking hole in the parade square, several holes in the roof, portions of the gun and carriage were found scattered around for a few blocks, in fact one piece was found 20 years later when they did some major repairs to the building. The Sgt. mess has the muzzle mounted on it's wall as a reminder to the NCO's why officers should not be allowed to play with dangerous toys.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208311 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208311 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:22:16 -0600 Colin, you interrupt our smug-party at your own risk...! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208295 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208295 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:16:44 -0600 I don't know, pretty crew mates, blowing stuff up and shooting guns, sure beats my day job. Stuff happens, overshoots at Ft lewis, practice missile fired from a Canadian destroyer into a house near a harbour, even the pro's have their share of mistakes. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208293 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208293 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:12:13 -0600 battlefield suburb
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208239 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208239 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:21:10 -0600
Me, I admit to toying with the idea of getting a b-ball mortar, the property is long enough to fire one safely - in the *indirect" mode, when the descending leg of the trajectory is steep.  I've got a pendulum hausse and front sight peg inbound to provide a more accurate aim for Heimdall (as well as for him to be properly dressed out).  I've already got a satisfactory gunner's quadrant that fits his tube properly, albeit not period correct, it being a Brit WWI instrument.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208226 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208226 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:05:16 -0600 Man was some kinda pissed. Changed a lot of range rulz.
Private club without ROs but it hasen't happened since.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208171 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208171 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:58:29 -0600 I don't think this was a misfire, since those don't go 'bang'. Bad aim, bad carriage design or construction, carriage movement during a hangfire, or just bad luck and a bad backstop seem more like it. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208165 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208165 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:04:20 -0600
http://laslow.net/2011/12/07/mythbusters-and-damage-control/

Looks real nice, doesn't it?  Especially compared to what looks like a Steen built 1841 6 Pounder.
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The only thing missing from this was one of them hollering  ..."Hold my beer and watch this Bubba!"]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208152 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208152 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:22:03 -0600
Fired some and couldn't see where the heck they were hitting.  Watched some video of it - they were coming out as powder.  Maybe a few little chunks.  Tried it with the cans half filled with lead.  Worked somewhat better until the lead slug blew out and left the walls of the can expanded into the rifling.  Got the sponge into in and SLOWLY pulled it out.  Had to twist it along the rifling.  Interesting thing was, the pressure from the propellant had upset the lead into the rifling.
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208151 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208151 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:20:26 -0600
Well, BillT, do you see what happens when you leave it to the professionals?

The question remains, "Professional *what*????

Kiddies, remember the rulez!  **Argghhh!**
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208150 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208150 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:59:35 -0600
frangible (ˈfrændʒɪb ə l)
— adj
breakable or fragile

[C15: from Old French, ultimately from Latin frangere to break]

frangi'bility
— n
'frangibleness
— n

In Heimdall's case, aluminum-clad cement projectiles with an excess of sand so that they shatter into little bits and sand particles on contact - and the aluminum casing (aka soda can) fragments into pieces with no real carrying inertia.  And are fired into a hillside with minimal chance for a ricochet, and, frankly, I'm at a loss to see how a misfire would cause an increase in quadrant elevation since the tube is physically blocked by the elevation screw. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208148 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208148 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:47:54 -0600
Is that the fancy name for canister?
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208147 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208147 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:38:34 -0600 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208116 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208116 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:53:19 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208108 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208108 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:25:22 -0600 vid on YouTube that gives a little bit more detail. Apparently a misfire caused the barrel of the cannon to rise, whereupon the cannonball went over the barriers designed to stop it within the park.

Oh, and that hole in the wall we see in Boq's lnk? That's the exit hole... ;)
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http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?p=mythbusters+cannonball&tnr=21&vid=1452675825830&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fvideos%2Fthumbnail.aspx%3Fq%3D1452675825830%26id%3De0ebc3504d82a042bf2d4c12c34e75be%26bid%3DjtMceqAFYOknug%26bn%3DThumb%26url%3Dhttp%253a%252f%252fwww.cbsnews.com%252fvideo%252fwatch%252f%253fid%253d7390911n&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fvideo%2Fwatch%2F%3Fid%3D7390911n&sigr=11fo8drsk&newfp=1&tit=%26quot%3BMythbusters%26quot%3B+cannonball+hits+Calif.+neighborhood
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208096 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208096 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:48:28 -0600
Went through a cinderblock wall, bounced off a rock, went at least 700 yards (looking it up on one of the map sites, I had made the distance from the range to the house closer to 1500 yards), through a front door and out a second story wall, bounced off a roof, then through the back window of a van and into the dashboard.

These boys need to get out to Greyling.  Or at least a N-SSA shoot.
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208090 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208090 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:28:39 -0600 I wonder if busters will air this episode and what was it about.  Two miles away, and no one was hurt.  Lucky busters they are.
Spell check is not working, not good for me typing and spelling.
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208080 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208080 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:22:28 -0600 The gun crew had sampled too much Artillery Punch and Mr. Vice was remiss in his safety checks. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208076 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208076 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:10:58 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208069 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208069 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:01:55 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208067 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208067 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:47:10 -0600
On second thought he isn't worth the powder.
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208063 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2011/12/myth_busted.html#comment-208063 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:29:31 -0600