https://vandaagindegeschiedenis.nl/29-mei/
Voor meer en-of andere kijk op die gebeurtenis >
https://www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/1453-de-val-van-constantinopel/
https://isgeschiedenis.nl/nieuws/de-turken-veroveren-constantinopel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Constantinople
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmed_the_Conqueror
Zonder het gebruik van vroege Dikke Bertha‘s was de slag mogelijk anders afgelopen. De afbeelding is overigens van een kanon dat kort na de belegering werd gegoten.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orban – de Hongaarse maker-ontwerper van Mehmeds grove schiettuig.
Bijschrift: ‘The Dardanelles Gun : is a siege gun dating from soon after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It is cast in bronze and was made in two parts: the barrel which holds the shot and the chamber which holds the charge. The two parts screw together and there is a ring of sockets at the ends of each section, these take levers to facilitate screwing and unscrewing the parts. Overall length is 5.2 m and it weighs 16.8 tonnes. It fires a stone ball of about 300 kg some 1600 m. The rate of fire was very slow – about 15 rounds per day. Currently in the Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth, England.’ Foto: wiki, upload van Gaius Cornelius
