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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 191030, member: 25&quot;]It&#039;s meant to be a naval gun, from the carriage. One of the reasons the British beat off the Spanish Armada is that the British ships had this type of carriage, while the Spanish used carriage that were the same as shore artillery, and where much slower to reload and run out again. This gave the smaller British ships as much effective firepwer as the larger Spanish ones, while being more nimble smaller targets.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems quite well made but not all that old. I can see a Phillips screw in the carriage near the trunnion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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