MrRING
Android Futureman
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Well, maybe not fire so much as practice aiming. I'm watching an old episode of Escape To The Country, and they were touring the water around Dartmoth. The expert talking to the prospective home buyers pointed out the intimidation factor of the castle cannon armaments to old-style sailing vessels, and it struck me: how did they practice aiming cannons against objects in motion coming up the waterway? It would seem to be a very different kind of aiming than you would have from firing cannon on land.
It seems like either military at the time would have to create a floating target to give cannon gunners something to aim at, or they didn't practice unless something came up the river planning an attack. Or maybe there are other options I'm not thinking of.
Any ideas out there? Maybe my theorized weird floating target was thought to be an escaped Nessie from time to time in the past!
It seems like either military at the time would have to create a floating target to give cannon gunners something to aim at, or they didn't practice unless something came up the river planning an attack. Or maybe there are other options I'm not thinking of.
Any ideas out there? Maybe my theorized weird floating target was thought to be an escaped Nessie from time to time in the past!