fisrt supergun of history..

[m.i.t]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Turkish_Bombard



gents...

this gun was the first supergun of the history used By Turks in siege of İstanbul in 1453...

its in the FORT NELSON -Portsmouth in Britain...

Actually l should say its graet ashame for us(Turks)..in 1450 we produced first super gun ...but nowadays we import our guns...(or we pay for licences)

its name real SAHEE OR SHAHBAZ...(no info in wikipedia)... 10 or 15 times were used in siege ....Because loading of gun takes about one day...
many pregnant women lost his babes :oops: when it was used...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Muhammeds_Gun.jpg/800px-Muhammeds_Gun.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Muhammeds_Gun.jpg)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG/800px-Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Dardanelles_Gun_Turkish_Bronze_15c.png (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Dardanelles_Gun_Turkish_Bronze_15c.png)

[m.i.t]

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[mas-36]

Interesting gun, I've read about it before but never saw pictures of it. thanks for sharing! One question: How did it end up in the UK?

edit: Ah, never mind. I just read it was a gift.

[Fade]

1500lb granite projectiles...whoa

Also found this interesting, still functional after 300 years!

These huge cannons were still present for duty more than 300 years later in 1807 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1807), when a Royal Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy) force appeared and commenced Dardanelles Operation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Operation). The ancient relics were filled with propellant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propellant) and projectiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile), then fired. Instead of exploding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion), they worked just as well as when they were new. One shot alone killed and wounded more than 60 sailors on one of the British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) ships (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Turkish_Bombard#_note-2)

[m.i.t]

Interesting gun, I've read about it before but never saw pictures of it. thanks for sharing! One question: How did it end up in the UK?

edit: Ah, never mind. I just read it was a gift.


In 1867, Abdülâziz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd%C3%BCl%C3%A2ziz) gave Queen Victoria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom) one of these impressive and historic weapons, which is now on display to visitors at the Tower of London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London)[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Turkish_Bombard#_note-3)


Queen Victoria gave us the world's largest Bohemian crystal chandelier, at the central hall of Dolmabahçe Palace.



These huge cannons were still present for duty more than 300 years later in 1807 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1807), when a Royal Navy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy) force appeared and commenced Dardanelles Operation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Operation). The ancient relics were filled with propellant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propellant) and projectiles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile), then fired. Instead of exploding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion), they worked just as well as when they were new. One shot alone killed and wounded more than 60 sailors on one of the British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) ships (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship).[ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Turkish_Bombard#_note-2)

[Vandervahn]

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Actually l should say its graet ashame for us(Turks)..in 1450 we produced first super gun ...but nowadays we import our guns...(or we pay for licences)...

Ah, don´t worry, nothing has changed. Nowadays you import the guns, back then you imported the gun maker (a Hungarian I believe) p-)p-)

[Eoin666]

Back in 1988/89 while working as an NDT (non-destructive testing) technician, we tested some of the castings for what was later identified as the Iraqi Supergun....Project Babylon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Babylon

[Mofreaka]

The great bombard, yah, those things suck in Age of Empires 3 :D. They always kill me.

[LoboCanada]

Cool how the Caliber is 762mm. Dam, thats a big cannon.

[little icebear]

Actually l should say its graet ashame for us(Turks)..in 1450 we produced first super gun ...but nowadays we import our guns...(or we pay for licences)


Hate to break it to you, but according to the link you´re quoting from, your super gun was imported as well. Made in Hungary. :slap:

[m.i.t]

Hate to break it to you, but according to the link you´re quoting from, your super gun was imported as well. Made in Hungary. :slap:

mate
info lil bit wrong in wiki...gun made in Turkey but a hungarian gunsmith engineer helped for production .... also for siege about 50 heavy guns were made...in Ottoman era heavy guns were produced in TOPHANE (gunhouse) district of İstanbul ....

acoording to some historians MORTARS were used fisrt time in İstanbul siege...