taiwanluthiers Posted October 29, 2012 Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC88NV6Bet8&hd=1 This is more crazy than any Mexican fireworks... Edited October 29, 2012 by taiwanluthiers
Potassiumchlorate Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) Those guys have the right spirit. Have you read what Shimizu wrote about how mortars used to be fired in Japan? They put a plate of glowing iron at the bottom of the mortar and launched the shells by simply letting them slip down and be ignited by the hot iron Edited November 1, 2012 by Potassiumchlorate
Floydism Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 The firemen looked a little harassed in that vid, it looks like a busy night for those guys!
AirCowPeacock Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Those guys have the right spirit. Have you read what Shimizu wrote about how mortars used to be fired in Japan? They put a plate of glowing iron at the bottom of the mortar and launched the shells by simply letting them slip down and be ignited by the hot iron Oh no! Thats awful! For starts..didn't they go deaf from being right next to 100s of 12" morters?
taiwanluthiers Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Soldiers fire mortars that way, the mortar has a pin inside, the round/lift has a percussion cap like a rifle cap, the round is inserted into the barrel and as soon as the round hits the bottom it fires. I guess they did it that way because it was quicker. As for the way they did it in Japan they must have wrapped the lift charge in a thin paper shell otherwise the hot iron wouldn't burn through the paper. A really thick paper lift cup would prevent fire from making it through.
Potassiumchlorate Posted November 4, 2012 Posted November 4, 2012 Oh no! Thats awful! For starts..didn't they go deaf from being right next to 100s of 12" morters? I think they fired only "small" shells, up to 6" that way
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