Talk:36-pounder long gun

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It's 36 French pounds

The French article states the weight of shot in kilograms, which I've added to the English article. The 36-pounder name comes from the weight of shot in pre-metric French pounds, which is close to 39 English pounds.

Roches (talk) 05:09, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

Thanks for your article !

I'm a tourist guide in Antwerp and very recently here they dug up the barrel of a French 36-pounder.

Now I'm preparing an article for the quarterly magazine of the Antwerp tourists guide on this subject.

Your article is a big help.

But something is really puzzling me ... 14 gunners ?

The canon is not big enough to fit them around it ?

On contemporary paintings I find only 4 gunners standing around.

And in your description of how it was operated I also count 4 gunners ...

So what about the 10 others ? GoofyAntwerp (talk) 22:00, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I was too fast.

Your article mentions a total of 14 men, only 12 gunners.

But that leaves still a surplus of 8 ... ? GoofyAntwerp (talk) 22:14, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]