War Wagons Of The Old West

[Sillyhuron]

"Bottom line? You try it; l’ll watch…"

Those men were defending their families against gunslingers who got 50$ per head for every man they killed.
Now that's motivation.

 

[Cochise]

Not bullets, unless the canvas was very thick, and/or the bullets nearly spent.

Arrows? No idea, sorry, though l wouldn’t imagine so.

maximus otter

Coming to this very late. But yes, loosely hung canvas will stop arrows which would go clean through the same canvas hung tight. We used to use looslely hung fabric as backstops on some of our targets to stop arrows going on to adjacent property where we had no right to search.

 

[eburacum]

I quite like this 'railroad battery' from 1861. Armoured trains were increasingly common in the late 19th century.

 

[Stormkhan]

Forgotten Weapons did a good 'review' of an existing Puckle Gun.