Original British Victorian Era Muzzle Loading 7lb Bronze and Iron Rifled Cannon Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles so were the cases as

so were the cases as well

Digging In was absolutely mandatory if you wanted to stay alive and these short entrenching tools ] also doubled as weapons in trench fighting being wielded like a battle axe

Although the conversions were done in France in 1943 the "Carry Handles" we believe are a post war addition with a distinct Russian influence

It is probably the most recognized submachine gun from that war

Written by Major Robert D

Original British Victorian Era Muzzle Loading 7lb Bronze and Iron Rifled Cannon Category_Flintlock Muskets and Rifles so were the cases asOriginal Item: This is one of the cannons IMA recovered from Nepal in 2003. Strictly speaking, this is a 7lb Rifled Muzzle Loading Mountain Gun, which dates from the 1860 70s. The front of the barrel is comprised of rifled iron while the rear sleeve, including the trunnions, is bronze. The bronze sleeve is very well marked with a large crown over V. R. Cipher, a Broad Arrow atop the numeral 74. Across the rear appears "CXCVIII" (198) which we