Flintlock Grenade Launchers

>>33875830
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YIIUtUKm3g

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>>33875830
They don't use grenades,the best they can do is flare or fireworks.
See this video >>33875847

Hand mortars killed just about as many users as enemies. It's why they never caught on.

>>33875847
>>33875830
i too have had this video on my suggested videos bar for like 2 weeks now, and also watched it today to make it go away

>>33875847
Nobody cares about some hobo looking retard's video.

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>>33875830
I don't really know how common they'd be, but I suspect it'd vary from country to country, and over time.

>>33875857
A number of museums, and that specific video, all mention tossing grenades as one use for them. Ian's comment about the grenade launchers not being in the form he has would seem to refer to the stocks. Heavy grenades makes for heavy recoil, which won't be all too fun with the small, pistol-style stocks seen on the mortars in the video. The one in OP's pic has a full stock on the other hand.

>>33875888
>The one in OP's pic has a full stock on the other hand.
Point taken

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Watching a bit more Ian too gets into the stock. Well, better that than the opposite I guess.

A few pistols from around the same era as the mortars in Ian's video, for comparison of the butt shapes.

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>>33875847
>Wheel-lock grenade launcher
Nice. They are pretty rare.

>>33875857
Although the one Ian presents was made for non-combat use, there are definitely functional grenade launchers out there (at least that's how they are described by museums).

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>>33875888
And I should perhaps have added, pictured there is the Swedish army's mörsarebössa m/1700, along with a three pounder grenade.

>>33875924
>matchlock hand mortar
What could possibly go wrong ?

The rather lavish decorations makes me wonder if it was really made for military use.

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>>33875941
The wheel lock part was probably plan A. But as for risks, well, compare with loading a normal matchlock as you juggle the gun, the lit match, and your powder flask. Let's just keep the grenades in their pouch for now...

And yeah, that one looks like a fireworks spitter. On top of the decorations it doesn't quite have a proper musket stock either.

>>33875847
Oh sweet I always wondered how they use to launch fireworks centuries ago

>>33876015
Mostly they'd launch them much like we do today. Multi stage rockets was an invention of 16th century fireworks maker Johann Schmidlap.

>>33876093
Fireworks today are still mainly mortar based. The only difference now is we use PVC pipe in wooden racks instead of buried steal and wooden pipes. Rockets are specialty items rarely used, and they're banned in many states because they're hard to control and pose a fire risk.

>>33875885
>Someone has an opinion
>Must be bait
Neck yourself retard.

>>33875847
>spends 8 minutes blathering like a sperg about them without demonstrating one