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After seeing this video I am not so sure those reports are accurate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL1DkrYL70s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL1DkrYL70s

cyberferret 7y ago
I am thinking @sandworm is talking about the old round iron cannonballs (akin to those fired from pirate ships etc) rather than the more modern explosive projectiles that are shown in your video post. That also reminds me of another story I read that was penned by a cavalry officer in the 1800's. He said that the only time you could see a cannonball in flight on the battlefield was when it was pretty much heading straight for you. He recalls an incident once when he met a fellow horseback officer in the middle of a battlefield during a lull in combat, and while talking, the other officer's horse rested its head against his leg. While chatting, he noticed a black blur approaching in the sky out of the corner of his vision and reactively flinched back, and a cannon ball brushed his collar and smashed into the horse's head that was leaning against his leg, instantly killing the poor creature.
- IIAOPSW 7y ago
  Ah the classic story of the headless-horse man.
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sandworm101 7y ago
I meant older cannon than that, but notice that even in that video you can hear the projectile long before impact. Id bet you could see the shell in flight if you were standing right in front of it. A half-second is an eternity on a battlefield.
Someone 7y ago
That is shell fire, not round shot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot) https://www.networkworld.com/article/2221266/mythbusters-accidentally-set-cannonball-on-path-of-destruction.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/2221266/mythbusters-acc...
benj111 7y ago
I've seen footage of modern tanks firing projectiles, and you can see the projectiles, it was from near enough directly behind though.

cyberferret 7y ago

I am thinking @sandworm is talking about the old round iron cannonballs (akin to those fired from pirate ships etc) rather than the more modern explosive projectiles that are shown in your video post. That also reminds me of another story I read that was penned by a cavalry officer in the 1800's. He said that the only time you could see a cannonball in flight on the battlefield was when it was pretty much heading straight for you. He recalls an incident once when he met a fellow horseback officer in the middle of a battlefield during a lull in combat, and while talking, the other officer's horse rested its head against his leg. While chatting, he noticed a black blur approaching in the sky out of the corner of his vision and reactively flinched back, and a cannon ball brushed his collar and smashed into the horse's head that was leaning against his leg, instantly killing the poor creature.

IIAOPSW 7y ago
Ah the classic story of the headless-horse man.
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sandworm101 7y ago

I meant older cannon than that, but notice that even in that video you can hear the projectile long before impact. Id bet you could see the shell in flight if you were standing right in front of it. A half-second is an eternity on a battlefield.

Someone 7y ago

That is shell fire, not round shot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_shot) https://www.networkworld.com/article/2221266/mythbusters-accidentally-set-cannonball-on-path-of-destruction.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/2221266/mythbusters-acc...

benj111 7y ago

I've seen footage of modern tanks firing projectiles, and you can see the projectiles, it was from near enough directly behind though.