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Re: 18th Century Howitzer
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lugnet.build.military
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Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:02:34 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Jakob Nijsen wrote:
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I do have a question however, isn’t a howitzer some form of mortar? In the
game Age of Empires III it is an improved mortar, so I’m a bit curious.
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Sort of. Howitzers were developed to fire at high angles, but were generally
transported with the cannon horizontal. Nowadays, the word “howitzer” seems to
be used for just about any cannon-like artillery.
ROSCO
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| (...) This is the best home-brewed cannon I've seen so far. It's quite perfect and still simple, very much to my taste. I would love you to do a diorama around this. I do have a question however, isn't a howitzer some form of mortar? In the game Age (...) (18 years ago, 11-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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