A STONE CANNONBALL AND VENETIAN CANNONS IN CRETE 16th 17th CENTURY

Multumesc · 3rd December 2013, 10:05 AM

Wonderful discovery!

Skarts_ss · 3rd December 2013, 12:37 PM

Here are some pictures from a Venetian Petriera da mascolo in the historical and folk art museum of Rethymno. It was found in 1960s-70s. Note the breech loading chamber. Of particular interest is the broken upper piece of the chamber. Probably the gun was deactivated in order not to be used by the Turks, during the Veneto-Turkish conflict 1645-1669.

fernando · 3rd December 2013, 05:34 PM

Nice ... very nice.

3rd December 2013, 10:05 AM	#1
Multumesc Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Romania Posts: 208	A STONE CANNONBALL AND VENETIAN CANNONS IN CRETE 16th 17th CENTURY Wonderful discovery!

3rd December 2013, 12:37 PM	#2
Skarts_ss Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 47	Here are some pictures from a Venetian Petriera da mascolo in the historical and folk art museum of Rethymno. It was found in 1960s-70s. Note the breech loading chamber. Of particular interest is the broken upper piece of the chamber. Probably the gun was deactivated in order not to be used by the Turks, during the Veneto-Turkish conflict 1645-1669. Attached Images

3rd December 2013, 05:34 PM	#3
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Nice ... very nice.