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https://youtu.be/eyItmfUO3W

Ran across this. Real hydraulic ( water) mechanism.

There are several videos of it firing and in the fortress. 450 lbs. Powder. 2000 lb. Shell, 17.7 bore, rifled. Went out of service in 1906, one reference says it was put on standby in ww1.

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Google it. There are several videos and a wikipedia on the malta gun.

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Google it. There are several videos and a wikipedia on the malta gun.

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Neat video.


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