Thursday, January 30, 2025

That's a big boy

 


Constructed in Styria, Austria in the early 1400’s, the Punhart Von Steyr is the largest wrought iron bombard by caliber.  According to modern calculations, it could fire a a 690 kg stone ball around 600 m using a 15 kg charge of gunpowder.  Today the Punhart Von Steyr is on display at the Museum of Military History in Vienna.

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