Load the Cannon!

okay 4 seconds Lo this is the light 12 pounder model 1857 Cannon nicknamed the Napoleon for the man who pushed its development Emperor Napoleon theii of France it could shoot a 12b iron ball a mile or more it could shoot bursting shells into enemy concentrations to kill and disable soldiers it could fire canister tin cans filled with solid iron balls into charging soldiers at Point Blank Range the Napoleon was a very effective weapon the most widely used artillery piece on both sides of the civil