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- Grasshopper_cannon abstract "The grasshopper cannon is a weapon designed by the British in the 18th century as a light battalion gun to be carried around with infantry. It frequently saw service in rough terrain such as the frontiers of British North America.Its barrel was made of bronze instead of iron. Bronze is less brittle than cast iron, and so the barrel could be made thinner and lighter than that of an iron gun. Further, if a bronze gun developed a defect it would rupture; an iron gun with a flaw would shatter, at great cost to its own crew. It fired a three pound ball (or 3 pounds of canister shot).Using the conventional split trail, it was moved by its own crew using drag ropes and wooden shafts much like a handcart. Two straight shafts were placed on each side of the cheek pieces facing forward, and two angled ones at the trail. Their appearance, and the fact that the gun jumped backwards with the recoil when it was fired, led to its nickname of Grasshopper.".
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- Grasshopper_cannon hasPhotoCollection Grasshopper_cannon.
- Grasshopper_cannon subject Category:Artillery_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Grasshopper_cannon subject Category:Field_artillery.
- Grasshopper_cannon subject Category:Infantry_guns.
- Grasshopper_cannon type Artifact100021939.
- Grasshopper_cannon type Device103183080.
- Grasshopper_cannon type Gun103467984.
- Grasshopper_cannon type InfantryGuns.
- Grasshopper_cannon type Instrument103574816.
- Grasshopper_cannon type Instrumentality103575240.
- Grasshopper_cannon type Object100002684.
- Grasshopper_cannon type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Grasshopper_cannon type Weapon104565375.
- Grasshopper_cannon type Whole100003553.
- Grasshopper_cannon comment "The grasshopper cannon is a weapon designed by the British in the 18th century as a light battalion gun to be carried around with infantry. It frequently saw service in rough terrain such as the frontiers of British North America.Its barrel was made of bronze instead of iron. Bronze is less brittle than cast iron, and so the barrel could be made thinner and lighter than that of an iron gun.".
- Grasshopper_cannon label "Grasshopper cannon".
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- Grasshopper_cannon sameAs Q5597545.
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- Grasshopper_cannon sameAs Grasshopper_cannon.
- Grasshopper_cannon wasDerivedFrom Grasshopper_cannon?oldid=494888607.
- Grasshopper_cannon isPrimaryTopicOf Grasshopper_cannon.