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Suppression of the Indian Revolt by the English, which depicts the execution of mutineers by blowing from a gun by the British Army, a painting by Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin c. 1884. Blowing from a gun is a method of execution in which the victim is typically tied to the mouth of a cannon which is then fired, resulting in death.
Russian artist Vasily Vereshchagin painted Blowing from Guns in British India in 1884, after his second trip to British India in 1882. A proponent of Realism and Orientalism in art, Vereshchagin had extensive experience in painting Orientalist scenes for Western and Russian audiences; though his work contained many realist aspects, it also presented life in the Asia as exaggeratedly exotic ...
We turn so many people’s livelihoods into a [90-minute film] that people watch, and then say, ‘I think I’ll go and make a toasted sandwich now.’ It’s crazy!”
The nature of cannon operation often depended on the size of the cannon and whether they were breech-loading or muzzle-loading. English cannons of the late 14th century became mobile, while the largest cannon (such as the heavy siege cannon of the Ottoman Turks or the Jaivana cannon of India) required huge crews to transport and operate them.
1 British Indian Army dispatch rider, and ~ 20– 230 protesters After a British Indian Army despatch rider was killed and burned in the Bazaar two armoured cars were ordered to drive in and open fire on the protesters. Amko Simko massacre: 25 April 1939 Simko Village, Sundergarh, Odisha British Raj ~ 49 to 300 tribal peasants dead, ~ 50 injured
Shirazi also developed an early multi-gun shot. Unlike the polybolos and repeating crossbows which used in ancient Greece and China respectively, Shirazi's rapid-firing hand cannon had multiple gun barrels that fired gunpowder, akin to volley gun. [22] The Ibrahim Rauza was a famed cannon, which was well known for its multi-barrels. [23]
Police in Kashmir confronting violent protesters in December 2018. Crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir is a public security practice to prevent and manage violent riots.It is enforced by police forces through laws preventing unlawful assembly, [1] as well as using riot control agents such as tear gas, chili grenades, and pellet guns (riot shotguns that fire pellet cartridges).
Demi-cannons were capable of firing these heavy metal balls with such force, that they could penetrate more than a meter of solid oak, from a distance of 90 m (300 ft), and could dismast even the largest ships at close range. [115] Full cannons fired a 42 lb (19 kg) shot, but were discontinued by the 18th century, as they were too unwieldy.