The artillery are the cannons of the 17th century, from small field pieces that would been seen in open battles, up to the battering siege guns that would reduce castle walls to rubble.
The Artillery
Castraties
Castraties is our main field gun. A bronze Drake that would fire a 6 pound ball. Placing it in the middling size of historical field pieces, but on the larger size for most re-enactment groups.
Castraties
(Ship's Carriage)
Not all battles of the English Civil War were in open fields, so Castraties also has a ship's carriage for mounting on city walls or onboard ships
Crackle
Crackle is one of a pair of wall pieces. Swivel mounted on a fast moving carriage, it can quickly get to a breach in a fortification and fire accurate hail shot on the attackers
Snap
Snap is our second wall piece. Mounted on an A frame carriage, perfect for sitting on a castle wall flanking weak points
Barak
Barak is a Demi-culvern Drake, the largest replica 17th century artillery piece in the UK.
Historically it would be the largest gun to be considered a field piece, or the smallest siege piece.
Barak is owned by the Roundhead Association, and Hazzard's often provides crew members to work it.
Babel
Our Iron 3 pounder, of a slightly later era that rarely sees service of late
Sodom
Sodom is a cast iron Robinette that doesn't come out very often. Similar pieces are very common within the English Civil War Society.
Tools of our Trade
From Left to Right;
Worm for removing debris from the barrel after firing
Wet Swab for damping down any remaining embers in the barrel
Dry Swap for drying the barrel for the new charge
Ram for pushing in the charge, wad, and ball
Linstock for igniting the gun from an arms length
Pricker and Horn
The pricker is a thin spike of non-ferrous metal used to clear the vent and pierce the cartridge
The powder horn contains finely ground gunpowder used to fill the vent, creating a fuse from the cartridge to the outside of the barrel
We have a selection of replica ammunition for show and tell. Round shot for long range use against formed infantry and fortifications, shown here with a gauge to make certain the right size is used.
And Hailshot also known as Grapeshot for unleashing a short range burst of musket balls
