[aimhigh]

The gun range said they thought the cannon was aimed at the bottom of a valley. I'm curious if people go for walks in the bottom of that valley. Incredibly irresponsible.

[Red Badger]

Gene Kelley was dancing in the rain of artillery shells?................

[G Larry]

Gene Kelley was able to dance out of the way in the rain of fire.

(If you’re old enough you’ll understand)

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

WATCH OUT!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Where can I get one?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Sound like it should only have been tested deep in the Nevada desert, fired by Chumlee.

[apillar]

Yeah, if you have a howitzer its probably not a good idea just to be firing it off at random and assuming the shell will land somewhere safely...actually that’s good advice even if you only have a .22, always know whats in the direction your shooting....

[Aarchaeus]

Wow!! The SHELL went three miles! No telling how far the projectile went!

[Osage Orange]

Well....let me tell you something.

I've actually been to that event. And the valley is a small creek bottom..and very secure...there's very good security and fire control.

Not sure exactly what happened here...but my radar is up and alert.

So...in short you have no idea what you are talking about.

[Secret Agent Man]

sorry but this is lawsuit time.

[butterdezillion]

Unrelated, but are there any military people here who can tell me what it means when a military aircraft is doing “powder work”?

[Timber Rattler]

It might have ricocheted off the ground and then flew back up into the air. When the Navy was using Indian Head, Maryland as a proving ground during World War I, the same thing happened, but only worse, when a 16-inch battleship projectile ricocheted off a plate of armor and wrecked a farmer’s house a couple of miles down range. As a result, the Navy moved its proving ground from Indian Head to the more remote Dahlgren, Virginia.

[Feckless]

2LT + Back Azimuth = FUBAR

[Tax-chick]

Didn’t you useta blow stuff up in Oklahoma?

[SnuffaBolshevik]

There was a thread on here years ago where a tube artillery outfit at Ft. Hood somehow got 180 degrees out on the azimuth during a night fire exercise.

More than one projo landed in some guy’s back 40 a few miles off post but I don’t think anything was damaged.

(Other than some folk’s careers).

[McGruff]

Some kids never grow up.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

That damn cannon must have one hell of an ejector to throw a shell 3 miles!

[DannyTN]

"Incoming!!!"

[molson209]

Mulligan !!!!!!!!!!!!! you

[Rebelbase]

Think you might have used a little bit too much dynamite there, Butch?

[Fido969]

In the 1800s, when artillery was the King of Battles, shot was of various types - for example solid shot, which would be a solid ball of iron, very powerful, but limited in effect unless they hit a target directly.

There were also “shells”, which were hollow iron balls, filled with powder and fused to explode in flight, sending shrapnel over a wider area.

(In addition there was grapeshot, chainshot, etc.)

The term “shell” referred to the casing that held the explosive charge that was sent to the target. Most artillery projectiles nowadays are shells.

It might be possible to have a solid round for practice or for cannon target shooting, those could correctly be called “shot”, rather than shells, although the shell nomenclature might be carried over.