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Re: 18th Century Howitzer
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lugnet.build.military
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Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:55:47 GMT
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I immediately built it when I saw it the first time (Which I never do by the
way), and I use a more common brick for the three-way connection, but thanks for
the thought.
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This page: http://www.americanrevolution.org/artillery.html has a pretty
good explanation of the difference between morters, howitzers, and cannons.
Basically a morter is a fixed piece that looks a bit like a really
thick-skinned bowl or cup, a howitzer is a more mobile piece that can vary
its angle, and a cannon is a big heavy gun, more along the lines of the
standard LEGO pirate cannon.
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Thanks, the site is clear in its explanation! Thanks as well to Ross (ROSCO) who
explained it too. Jazzjake
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| (...) Thanks. I'm glad you like it. I posted a couple of pictures of this over on Eurobricks that show a bit better how the barrel and carriage go together. They are in this thread: (URL) (...) This page: (URL) has a pretty good explanation of the (...) (18 years ago, 12-Oct-06, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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