Improvised artillery used in the Boer War(s)

fat tony

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The recent events overseas such as in Libya & Syria has got me to thinking about the history of emergency production of workable artillery in wars. This phenomenon goes back quite a ways.

http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol052dh.html

Ou Griet

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Ras guns

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Breech of one of the Ras guns (I think this one is the large bored one)

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Another pic of the large bore Ras gun

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Ras & his cousin had access to a large # of wagon wheels, which they refined into the steel for the gunbarrels. Could you imagine taking on a job like that? I am wondering if they had any other help from community members.
 
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