Well, you made it to a war thunder sponsorship. Not that I really love ads, but it’s sort of a mark of success for a new channel when they reach the milestone of a big brand sponsorship. I’ve been trying for years on a few channels and never got it. Well done, I’m happy to see your channel grow it’s really well made
Thank you so much! I've played war thunder for a few years on and off too so I was excited to see they wanted to sponsor us. It's all thanks to you guys though and I hope you'll get there soon too!
@@rastaboy_gamesnstuff7778 I've also done my fair share of playing with matches.... We will have to have a range day one of these days if I can work that out with the TWRA.
The Battle of Alligator Creek, Guadalcanal was basically won by 2 37mm Anti Tank guns using canister rounds. Many vets said if it wasn't for them, the Japanese probably would have broken thru.
Seriously. My dad and I were talking about that yesterday. You could clean out a 10 foot line with one shot. Look into the Battle of the Tenaru and you can see how they used them in WW2 for real.
@@KARLMARX56 Now that would be something awesome to have in the collection! Apparently a large number of them went to England too and they really liked them.
It was also issued or otherwise procured for crews of analogous 37mm AT gun crews, where it would be deployed if the gun crew had to deal with approaching troops that could overrun the position
@@mattwilliams3456 No haha they just do body work so they don't get them very much but we do get buckets of lead from the tire shops in town from time to time!
As a Napoleonic era buff that was what I wanted to see. Cannister had a effective range and did lose effect at longer range Would have suggested a larger cardboard target to see how it spread
I tried! They kept blowing down. I had a few more of my stand in people but they didn't hold up very well. The summers here are really hot and windy most of the time!
Right? I wasn't expecting that at all. It literally broke the cannon carriage with the force behind pushing those rounds. We had to repair it a few days later.
I used to do a lot of ACW era competition shooting with both small arms and artillery. Seeing what canister shot does when fired out of a 12 pounder Napoleon gun or 20 pounder Parrott Rifle is a frighteningly impressive thing. I'm actually kind of impressed that that 3D-printed canister held up as well as it did after the main charge ignited. I thought it would just disintegrate instantly, allowing the gas to just flow around it and just kind of "foof" the shot out of the barrel. But I suppose the the fact you used good ol' black powder, and its far lower chamber pressures and crazy fast burn rate helped a lot to prevent that happening. Very cool though. That's a really field piece you have there. That was fun to see. A like and a new sub for you!
Thank you so much! We've shot a few printed ones and some of them honestly do quite well but they need a really thick base. I'd love to see one of those giant guns with a real charge being fired. That would be something!
@@TheCannoneer at a hundred yards 12 pounder with double canister is not something to be on the wrong end of. Enjoying the videos look forward to the next one.
Jonathon, I’d love to see more long range cannon shooting. Maybe a shot through the sight before the shot and its results. I’m curious how accurate it can be.
For sure! That thing is a game changer. The old laser sight was more precise but it is such a pain and so sun/shade dependent and you have to walk on the range to make sure it's aligned. I'll get some good shooting videos with it next time we're over there.
Those types of rounds were for short range engagements on masses enemy formations , and during the Korean War onward they used flachetts in their anti personal rounds nicknamed the "Beehive" because after they were fired, it sounded like a swarm of angry bees
Yeah I read that they were basically useless after about 200 yards at the most. You can hear them buzz on one one the camera up close shots and I thought it was just the camera being weird when I edited the video.
I've got a few ideas on things I could load with it and I think we might switch to using this style canister in the future too. The future is endless....
Having something comparable to what has been used was extra interesting, great idea! As part of the comparison, what would be something also useful is how close the muzzle velocity is for each cannon. That probably means extra equipment needed though but could be good for the future. Keep up the great content please! Oh, and great work on the slow-mo captures, that was really impressive to see!
Thanks! We've got a chrono a viewer was kind enough to send us that I'll have on hopefully soon but it can't track those giant shotgun shots but I'd love to have the highspeed guys on and see for sure.
Loved this one! I would be interested in seeing if you could make up some paper mannequin targets out at the 100-yard range. Spred them out say 35 yards and fire in the center of them. Would love to see how far the shot would spread out...
Much appreciated! This might be my new favorite since the rocket ones. I tried some extra cardboard targets there but the wind was so bad they kept blowing over so I'll have to try again.
Great video. I had a few suggestions on an earlier video but I think you're doing great now. Only possible suggestion I have would be to check if your camera (or phone) has image stabilization for when you're moving up to the targets, YTs compression sometimes turns the video to mud otherwise =) Overall great strides, can't wait to see what comes next.
What would be cool to try is do what the Germans did with their 35 mm cannon when it couldn't pen Russian armor. Make the projectile head oversized attached to a fin stabilized tube that fits in the bore. Try printing one.
Nicely done! That spread is similar to shotguns with bird or buck shot (well... more buck than bird, but you get my point I think). Good to see you growing!
@@TheCannoneer Public or private range? I stopped going to our public range because of how inconsiderate some people were. They'd tear up all the target stands right after the rangers would set up new ones. Your's looks very well maintained.
@@GatorGlider It's a public TWRA range and it's usually pretty well taken care of but you have to bring your own targets as I'm assuming they got tired of that themselves. It's a wonderful range but it's about an hour from my house so we don't get there as much as we'd like.
Hopefully we get to see spices packed in behind the projectile sooner or later. Here's where some ignorance shows up, but a canister that holds together until impace is a thing right? One of those full of random stuff sounds like fun to watch on a more substantial target like the mockup ship. Sand seems like it'd be pretty brutal in one of those.
We had a viewer send us one of his designs for one that stays together so I"m excited to see how that works out. I don't know if they used them that way in the war but I'm sure there's some designed for that somewhere. I'l get some spices next time I'm at the grocery store!
@@TheCannoneerThat's almost like a frangible round, they're more commonly used in small arms and the bullet is made of copper/bronze powder or granules pressed together with a bit of resin. As soon as it hits the bullet shatters and the powder disperses.
@@TheCannoneer Exactly! I was going to say, it's like firing over 100 .38 specials all at once! Truly frightening to be on the wrong end of that! Again, great video
Great video. Maybe doing a "wax slug" video would get some clicks, be an interesting video. Maybe try different binders, such as wax vs epoxy vs plato? Might interest you to try.
I totaly forgot about the old canister rounds... great video and I love the cannon :D also love the down range shot... like I said it's gona be great to see where you go with this the possibilities are endless almost
I know! There's so much to shoot and shoot at! It mostly limited by my time to go shoot and $ at this point! I'm saving up for a ballistics torso for the future so I'm excited about that one!
@TheCannoneer that is gona be so sick bro just watching that in slow mo will be amazing or a canister round or flachet.. litteraly anything you could load forks and knives into a cup and use that lol
@@silvose I've got the flechettes coming soon! We shot them on the same day and we've done the forks and knives already. I'd imagine they would put a hurt on you but they don't want to stick in wood!
@TheCannoneer the flechetts are always hit or miss cause of mass and if they hit sideways alot of energy is dispersed the theoretical trick seems to keep them boud loosely in the bore and let them senate once they stabilize but I for the life of me don't know how to accomplish that... and on that note... I wonder if they make a cannonsized dragons breath
@@silvose I will say they were much less impressive than I though they would be but I still wouldn't want to get hit by them. We just dumped them loosely in the canister too. I'll have to see what a dragons breath is made of... I like the way you think!
Hey Jonathan what's up? So I'd like to see a close-up on how you're using the Red Dot? Also it's time you name your Canon if you haven't named it already. How about something like old smokey etc and maybe some touches like maybe gold or bronze paint like trim that would be cool
For sure! Next time we're shooting I'll get some footage of the scope for y'all. I've got just a little bit already so I'll see if I can get a video out of it that's any good. I'm sure it will need a repainting here soon so maybe some fancy touches!
@@TheCannoneer thanks Jonathan for responding it's nice to see that you're not too big to respond to us little guys as for a name maybe we can look at a veteran from the civil war that would be fitting. I just and so enthralled with your Canon that I think it needs a proper name like little Jonathan LOL keep up the videos.
@@chrishoff1360Of course! Y'all are the other half of this channel! I'll come up with a few names to toss together and run a poll one of these days haha. I've been saying that for a bit. We just had a viewer send us a BB cannon he built as well and I'm excited to get that in a future video too haha.
That canister round, the same, but balls surrounded with wax? I saw bird shot type 12 guage, wax filled that were very effective. Would be interesting to see it they would have tighter spread.
Would be fun to see what those would do to a ballistic torso. Keep working on your communication skills and try not to repeat yourself so much. You’re definitely improving and I enjoy the content. You’ll get bigger with practice and listening to your constructive viewers. 🤙🏽
Do you have a recommendation for projectile molds? A family member recently acquired a 1/2 scale 1.5" bore cannon, and I am interested in projectiles other than golf balls. Thank you, and keep up the good work with your channel.
For sure! We got ours from www.callahanbagmolds.com but I also had a viewer send me a mold form Germany he custom made for us and his info is www.bigboremike.de and he also has a RU-vid channel. Hope that helps!
Was the origional a discarding canister? If you can manage that+where the shot doesnt rattle around i bet you'd get a tighter spread than a rifled bore
From what I could find and I asked a few collectors that had taken them apart, they were loose in the casing and it was just a very thin tin lining that was meant to come apart on firing. They only have a range of up to 250 yards of use from what I can seem to find. They used them to take out vegetation too which sounds like an interesting use.
Do you guys have a 3d printer? I've got some interesting ideas of things to shoot, however I can't justify shipping from Australia. If you don't, no worries, I'm just curious. I love these videos, keep them going!
Thanks! To date we haven't but it could theoretically be possible! I do know that they had cap ignitors in the US Civil War that were pull string that we can use and they are almost instant in ignition .
@@nikonov7803 For sure! They are mostly printed, TPU isn't my printers favorite sadly, but I've been making a few different versions that y'all suggested!
@@peggygawel7244 I know I've seen something similar on RU-vid already that's 3d printed so I know it can be done but I don't know if it would survive the ignition of the cannon!
Scott from Kentucky Ballistics needs to have you take a trip over to his place to kill some watermelons and eggplants. He might try to convince you to dismount the cannon and let him hold it while firing though. The man loves recoil…
@@mattwilliams3456 I don't actually know! I don't think we have a scale that can hold it. I'll have to see! You can hold it by yourself and move it around but it's easier with two people.
I can do that! The originals were cast in resin supposedly but I can't find anything to say what it was and I've asked a few collectors who said they had deconstructed them and they are just loose. I'd be curious how that would change the spread.
Would like more information on the cannon barrel… and if it’s up to snuff, have you considered adding on top of the black powder (I hope you’re using actual BP and not substitute like Pyrex as that stuff is junk for large bore) 1% smokeless pistol/shotgun powder… and chronograph BP only and then the 1% smokeless on top of the BP velocity. BP under smokeless will ignite smokeless properly as smokeless need pressure to burn correctly… Would love to see the difference this makes with a solid lead ball. Also this isn’t as dumb as it may sound to some, several people mix these two this way, you just have to use your head and not go full retard. Russians even did it back in the early 1900s from a lack of powder. If your barrel is steel, not cast, and thick, I’d do it in a heart beat…I’d read more up on it though to try to figure out a safe max.
It's almost 2" thick solid steel so it should be able to withstand it. I'll have to talk with "the boss" when it comes to that as he's a bit protective on the cannon hahaha and we only use BP btw!
@@TheCannoneergood deal! And yeah safety SHOULD be a major concern as if a cannon goes boom it’s potentially a giant pipe bomb… There’s a fellow how does a LOT of experimenting with black powder he makes in older firearms, who has done several experiments and talks about this sort of thing, I think his channel is “everything black powder”
I've got them printed for the most part, although TPU is very irritating to work with! I'm making a few of the different versions y'all suggested but it's on the way!
