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<p>[QUOTE="the blacksmith, post: 9470294, member: 20148"]I wonder in fact Frank, how effective a weapon it really was? Yes, if you hit someone they will stay hit! BUT, if you miss, it is such a heavy weapon and difficult to control that you would leave yourself wide open to a counter attack, with possible fatal consequences! The British 1796, which it was based on, was I think, a far superior weapon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=23]@Bev aka thelmasstuff[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p> Yes, it is a long climb up those stairs at Waterloo isn't it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" />, but the panoramic view when you are up there is rather spectacular isn't it.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I often wondered how they cut the grass??<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="the blacksmith, post: 9470294, member: 20148"]I wonder in fact Frank, how effective a weapon it really was? Yes, if you hit someone they will stay hit! BUT, if you miss, it is such a heavy weapon and difficult to control that you would leave yourself wide open to a counter attack, with possible fatal consequences! The British 1796, which it was based on, was I think, a far superior weapon. [USER=23]@Bev aka thelmasstuff[/USER] Yes, it is a long climb up those stairs at Waterloo isn't it :eek:, but the panoramic view when you are up there is rather spectacular isn't it.:happy: I often wondered how they cut the grass??:nailbiting:[/QUOTE]
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