...as we recently were, here and here, JTG brought up the Stokes Mortar and its round, so I thought I would poke through the Holdings, and see what we had. This is the result! JTG mentioned the Stokes Mortar of WWI, details of which are available here and here. I would note that Sir Wilfred pretty much got it right the first time - just about everything since has been tweaks. The Wikipedia article has a photograph with a projectile of the type in the Holdings. As you can see, the Stokes round is not terribly aerodynamic, but it didn't...
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May 10 2012, 06:00 AM
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..