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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 142370, member: 54&quot;]In the Philippines, 1898-1906 or so, the US fought the Spanish, then the Filipinos, then the Moro tribes in that order.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had this Lantaka (traditional cannon of many Countries in Asian Pacific area) for maybe 20 yeas but didn&#039;t have much of the background info on the circumstances of its capture until a few days ago when a web search turned up what I&#039;d been missing. I&#039;d searched the web for the same info in past years but then it just wasn&#039;t there.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://1-22infantry.org/history3/taraca.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://1-22infantry.org/history3/taraca.htm" rel="nofollow">http://1-22infantry.org/history3/taraca.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The capture inscription on it is hard to read as camouflaged by the bronze patina, but it says words to he effect:&nbsp; &quot;Captured by Det. 17th. Artillery at Rogan River, Mindinao, April 9th 1904.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This link goes to a fairly thorough rundown of the brief expedition on which it was captured.&nbsp; There are a number of places in it describing the US Army troops being fired upon by &quot; Lantacas&quot; and the capture of Lantacas is mentioned as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The primary differences between this Lantaka and all others I&#039;ve seen include</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; This bears a capture inscription</p><p>2.&nbsp; The small muzzle flare, certainly to enable aiming</p><p>3.&nbsp; The pintle shaft is bent due to recoil from firing projectiles</p><p>4.&nbsp; The vent (&quot;touch hole&quot;) is eroded and larger than normal due to much firing.</p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/image32.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/image35.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/image37.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only Lantaka I&#039;ve found that has a capture inscription, and having one is better than none, but I&#039;d like to have two more in case you acquire one and don&#039;t know what to do with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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