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Not sure if this is relevant or not, but I'm pretty sure the equivalents designs for cannons (e.g. on the walls of Fort George in Scotland) are as described and

Not sure if this is relevant or not, but I'm pretty sure the equivalents designs for cannons (e.g. on the walls of Fort George in Scotland) are as described and are widest on the outward part. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_George,_Highland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_George,_Highland

m4rtink 6y ago
Sure, but those usually have a gun shield protecting the gun crew & it is done due to the gun barrel being long & the gun being heavy, so it is better to mount it on a single point, instead to jave it traverse on a curve (which is not a problem for an archer).
- arethuza 6y ago
  Did 18th century cannons have gun shields?
  - KineticLensman 6y ago
    Apparently not [0]. IANA cannon expert but I think in the 18th C their biggest threat would have been from cavalry rather than sharpshooting infantry or precision fire from other cannon. [0] https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=18+century++cannon&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj1n7-70-DpAhUO2OAKHV_ECvUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=18+century++cannon&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQChAYUP8mWJpeYOhjaARwAHgAgAE3iAG6BJIBAjEymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=MvnUXvW-Eo6wgwffiKuoDw&bih=950&biw=1640&hl=en https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=18+century++cannon&tbm=isc...
  - m4rtink 6y ago
    My main reference are the pre WWII Czechslovak border defenses - these do have gun shields & apertures that get wider to the outside: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:85mm_kan%C3%B3n_vz._44/59 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:85mm_kan%C3%B3n_... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:4cm_kan%C3%B3n_vz._36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:4cm_kan%C3%B3n_v... Not that the apertures are stepped instead of smooth - I guess the avoid the funneling effect mentioned above, possibly changing a near miss to deflection and hit on the gun shield. Should not happen if the steps get in the way.

m4rtink 6y ago

Sure, but those usually have a gun shield protecting the gun crew & it is done due to the gun barrel being long & the gun being heavy, so it is better to mount it on a single point, instead to jave it traverse on a curve (which is not a problem for an archer).

arethuza 6y ago
Did 18th century cannons have gun shields?
- KineticLensman 6y ago
  Apparently not [0]. IANA cannon expert but I think in the 18th C their biggest threat would have been from cavalry rather than sharpshooting infantry or precision fire from other cannon. [0] https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=18+century++cannon&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj1n7-70-DpAhUO2OAKHV_ECvUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=18+century++cannon&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQChAYUP8mWJpeYOhjaARwAHgAgAE3iAG6BJIBAjEymAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=MvnUXvW-Eo6wgwffiKuoDw&bih=950&biw=1640&hl=en https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=18+century++cannon&tbm=isc...
- m4rtink 6y ago
  My main reference are the pre WWII Czechslovak border defenses - these do have gun shields & apertures that get wider to the outside: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:85mm_kan%C3%B3n_vz._44/59 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:85mm_kan%C3%B3n_... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:4cm_kan%C3%B3n_vz._36 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:4cm_kan%C3%B3n_v... Not that the apertures are stepped instead of smooth - I guess the avoid the funneling effect mentioned above, possibly changing a near miss to deflection and hit on the gun shield. Should not happen if the steps get in the way.