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Cannon cleaning rod color ?
HastyP
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 11:35 AM UTC
Civil War cannon, WW1 cannon? Specific please. If a muzzle loader it would just be wood with a metal end for a rag.

tek2
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Posted: Friday, June 06, 2003 - 10:23 AM UTC
Sorry this post got messed up!!!
I wanted to know what material, cleaning rods on German armor are made of. The units that are straped between the tow cabels of Tiger1's & 2's. Wood or metal?
Thanks.
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Posted: Friday, June 06, 2003 - 11:34 AM UTC
I'm a little confused...but my wife would say that's par for the course!

Here's some Civil War cannon stuff:
Good picture here.
This site has some good photos
Good reenactment pictures.

Black powder cannon were cleaned after firings because of the black powder would build up (from what I've read but I'm no expert)...so these pictures should show separate ramming equipment and cleaning worms.

If this is useful...then cool! If not...just ignore this and enjoy your Friday evening :-)
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