04-20-2005, 01:23 PM
It's just a bet, or a wild guess, but I see this weapon as the equivalent of the 20mm cannon or the .50 machine gun mounted on contemporary small naval vessels like coast guard cutters, or in this case, fast roman patrol boats on the Rhine. The size is just right to be mounted on the foredeck of one of those galleys reconstructed in Germany (Mainz museum??).
My bet too is that there was a ratchet mechanism coming along with it, similar to the very famous "Cupid" gemstone.
That weapon maybe small, but I don't see it being carried around as an individual weapon. Seem to be a bit too heavy for me.
And naturally, the stock from that reconstruction shown was directly taken from a war surplus German 30mm FLAK cannon...
Recoil absorbing stocks came with the advent of firearms.
My third bet is that this thing was fired like a heavy machine gun, i.e. with two handles --or one, the other being on the trigger-- at the end.
Just a few bets...
My bet too is that there was a ratchet mechanism coming along with it, similar to the very famous "Cupid" gemstone.
That weapon maybe small, but I don't see it being carried around as an individual weapon. Seem to be a bit too heavy for me.
And naturally, the stock from that reconstruction shown was directly taken from a war surplus German 30mm FLAK cannon...
Recoil absorbing stocks came with the advent of firearms.
My third bet is that this thing was fired like a heavy machine gun, i.e. with two handles --or one, the other being on the trigger-- at the end.
Just a few bets...
Pascal Sabas
