(TFT) Air guns

["grabowski" <grabowski@erols.com>]

Stan mentioned,

<<<An excellent point.  For anyone who doubts that such a thing is possible,
consider the two "dynamite cruisers" of the US Navy in the latter half of
the
19th century.  They used compressed air to throw a 500# dynamite charge up
to a mile and a half!  >>>>

The Austrian army in the early 19th century used a musket with a compressed
air bladder to fire their projectiles.  I don't remember why this didn't
work out.  It was either cost, constant maintaining, and repair.

Yours in Cidri,
Justin



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