January 6, 20215 yr #1 https://www.foxnews.com/science/cannon-found-4000-miles-away-last-fired Apparently, it was the last thing the builder expected to find.
January 6, 20215 yr #2 Very cool. Of course the breech block is still intact... German WW I guns seem to be scattered all over the planet. I recently received a request from Australia concerning a German howitzer. I learned that dozens of German guns are on display over there. There´s a website listing the locations of all captured guns I´ll see if I can find it again.
January 9, 20215 yr Author #3 I think you are correct. I think you will like this. In the US we have a TV show called Expedition Unknown. In this episode the host "discovers" to German howitzers at the bottom of a lake in Namibia. Of course, I think his local guides knew they were there all the time. https://expeditionunknown.fandom.com/wiki/Africa's_Cursed_Lake_of_Gold Presumably they were looking for a cache of gold hidden by German forces, but I thought this was just a cool.
January 11, 20215 yr #4 That´s indeed cool! Here´s the website I mentioned. It lists more than 600 German WW I guns displayed all over the world. http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/Canons/English_CanonsIndex_NationPHP.php
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