Videos tagged with 18th Century Weapons

This video showcases a personal military museum focused on Revolutionary War firearms. The description outlines the museum's operating hours, admission fee, and provides a link to purchase merchandise. It also clarifies a potential misunderstanding about making reservations, specifying it refers to travel arrangements, not museum entry.

This video reviews a reproduction 1700s Hand Mortar from Veteran Arms, comparing it to the M79 grenade launcher. It details the historical use in siege warfare for lobbing explosives over ramparts, the two-man loading and firing procedure, and the significant dangers of misfires. The demonstration highlights its modern utility for launching projectiles like tennis balls.

This virtual tour of the Austrian Museum of Military History in Vienna showcases a vast collection spanning centuries of military innovation. Highlights include the rare Girardoni air rifle, early machine guns like the Salvator-Dormus, and artifacts directly linked to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, such as the Gräf & Stift car and FN 1910 pistols. The museum also features significant artillery pieces like the 38.5cm Skoda siege howitzer and unique WWI compressed air mortars.