Low Tech cannons mortars and shells

Polydamas · 09-02-2023, 11:27 AM

Hand mortars were a thing (with no stats in GURPS Low Tech!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_mortar but as long as the fuse had to be lit by hand there were practical problems shooting shell from a long-barrelled, small-bore gun.

Early gunpowder artillery is really complicated and could easily be a booklet by itself. Even GURPS High Tech has one gun (!) to represent all traditional muzzle-loading cannon of the 18th and 19th centuries.

09-02-2023, 11:27 AM	#11
Polydamas Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central Europe	Re: Low Tech cannons mortars and shells Hand mortars were a thing (with no stats in GURPS Low Tech!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_mortar but as long as the fuse had to be lit by hand there were practical problems shooting shell from a long-barrelled, small-bore gun. Early gunpowder artillery is really complicated and could easily be a booklet by itself. Even GURPS High Tech has one gun (!) to represent all traditional muzzle-loading cannon of the 18th and 19th centuries. __________________ "It is easier to banish a habit of thought than a piece of knowledge." H. Beam Piper This forum got less aggravating when I started using the ignore feature Last edited by Polydamas; 09-02-2023 at 11:32 AM.