Cites

- artillery- wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- autocannon- wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- feild artillery in the american civil war- wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
-trebuchets- history

Social Impacts

Throughout history cannons have always help militaries win wars, But now as more cannons are being developed they are becoming more powerful and even more dangerous. For example the Trebuchets which were from pre1800s speed and shooting range is nothing compared to a 1900s cannon.

Cannons have played a part in every war that was fought, long ago and now it affects both sides of the war. Meaning that the bigger the better the cannons are then it increases your chances of winning battles.

 A specific war that cannons played a big role in was the Battle at Gettysburg. The battle at Gettysburg had two sides the union and the confederates, both sides had similar artillery for example the Napoleon cannon was on both sides but they slightly were different.

English Component

Child soildering in The Long Way Gone is that the children are being brainwashed by the older men to kill people. I beleive that child soildering should be banished and against the law because when reality sets in on the young boys on what they have done then its like chaos. Then the boys suffer from trrible nightmares and migranes.

Math Component

A cannon ball is shot upward from the upper deck of a fort with an initial velocity of 192 feet per second. The deck is 32 feet above the ground.

 1^st step in doing this I had to make a quadratic formula based on the information that was given. Quadratic formula: -16t^2+192t+32

2^nd step in doing this I had to find the vertex by using this formula: -b/2a and i got this -192/-2(-16) and got 6 as the answer. 6 represents how long the cannonball was in the air?
3rd step in doing this I had to take the vetex which was 6 and replace the ts by the 6 and work it out. The answer was 608feet wich was how high the cannon went.

Procedure

1^st we brainstormed about how we were going to design it and which angle was like the best angle to launch a cannon.

2^nd we got the materials which were 2 tennis ball cans, 18 inches of tape, scissors

3^rd the first step in actually building the cannon was cutting the rims off the tennis ball cans. We did this to both of the tennis ball cans using the scissors.

4^th once the rims were gone we cut one of the tennis cans in half. Taking one half of the tennis can we cut it so there was a slope. That was done so we could like use it to lay the main body of the cannon (other tennis can) on it sort of like a base

5^th we took the other half of the tennis can and trimmed it down about 2 or 3 inches, so that when we laid the cannon body( other tennis can) on the slope the end of the cannon could rest on that.

5^th after everything was cut and the angle was finalized we used the tape and taped it together.

Ethics of weapon development

Q: Is it moral for societies to devlop weapons of mass destruction for any reason?
A: I believe it is moral in certain situations, like if you are looking to dominate the world then no, but if you are like trying to get rid of your enemies then yeah ar when back lost territories.

Economic impacts

Throughout the cannon history cannons have changed tremendously. Cannons have went from being made from wood to being made from bronze. Strategies have also changed for example long ago in the 1800s the men that were in war stood facing eachother but now the men inwar are like hiding in the woods launching secret attacks.

1900's Cannon

1986 m119- 105mm Howitzer
A light weight cannon developed by the British Ordance factories. Used in Falklands, the ammunition that were used is all standard NATO semi-fixed type of ammuniton.
This cannon is the type of cannon thats is being used to taday. Was made in the U.S.A. Its small but mighty with an amazing shooting range.

1800's-1900's cannon designs

12- Pounder Napoleon:

Was one of the most popular cannon that was used during the Civil war. Was named after Napoleon the third of France. It was first used in France then eventually made its was to America around 1857. The type of ammunition that was used is called the spherical case, which is used for smoothbores. the Napoleon is considered a smoothbore.

Odaiba Cannon:
From Japan and used in Japanb battles. Small but mighty helped Japan win Battles.