Mons Meg vs Tiger 1 UFP--special for Herr Tom, John D Salt, Jeff Duquette, etc.

[John Kettler]

Guys,

Yes, you read the title correctly. What follows is a full-on terminal ballistics analysis of the huge Medieval bombard Mons Meg firing a solid granite ball at the upper front plate/driver's plate of a Tiger 1. How will Mons Meg's massive and very slow projectile do against the enormous armor protection of the Tiger 1 in a dead frontal hit?
 

Regards,

John Kettler

[Erwin]

What am sure we all really want to see is if 100,000 bananas projected at high speed vs the Tiger's armor would eventually have an effect.

(Heh)

[John Kettler]

And if Mons Meg could handle a Tiger I, what could the gigantic bombard used to smash the walls of Constantinople do to a King Tiger?



Regards,

John Kettler

[Erwin]

What was it mounted on to deal with the recoil etc?

Also, is this in a Turkish museum?  I visited a few when I was there, but don't recall this.

Edited May 30, 2021 by Erwin

[John Kettler]

Erwin,

Couldn't tell you, though this pic of Tsar Pushka (Tsar Cannon) shows one possible approach, albeit sup er heavy!



This is a full article on the Turkish monster bombard.

https://www.guns.com/news/2012/01/04/guns-that-changed-history-the-great-turkish-bombard

But after you see this discourse and supporting illustrations, you'll likely think the Tsar Pushka carriage is sheer madness. This is a full-length article discussing the use of the great bombards against Constantinople. Had family stationed in Turkey, and Dad and sister Kate went to Topkapi Palace, where huge bombard stones, tops barely visible are some sort of pathway. Also, "Turkish bombards" on Images will show you a number of other surviving bombards and cannonballs, as well as depictions of the gun mounts for the bombards, which were firing at very low elevation angles.

Regards,

John Kettler