Phil Sutters' photos with the keyword: 1980s

VW Scirocco Scala 1988 - Newhaven - 5.10.2016

05 Oct 2016 1 3 931
I am not sure whether this counts as 'out and about'! It looks a time since it was that. Is that how they spelt Scirocco? Autotrader shows that.

Rotunda 1855 Mallet's Mortar

Rotunda 18th C heavy garrison gun

Rotunda 18th C heavy field gun

Rotunda 18th C light garrison gun

08 Jan 2014 378
The style of barrel looks 18th c., or earlier, but garrison guns in the muzzle-loading era were kept in service for many years. The carriage, with its adjustable height, looks more 19th c. Garrison guns were used in fixed fortifications, like coastal defence forts, so their carriages were not designed to be very manoeuvreable and they sometimes had adaptations, like this one, to allow them to shoot downwards onto attacking forces.