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== Indian SB Bronze Gun at the Royal Arsenal==

== After his defeat by the British in 1792, Tippu Sultan employed French technical expertise to improve his arsenal, including the introduction of water-powered boring machines. The Mulharrao Howitzer ==ornamental finish of his brass guns and mortars, noted European observers, was ‘brought to some perfection’. At the fall of Seringapatam in 1799, 927 cannon were captured. Out of approximately 400 brass guns well over half were manufactured in Tipu’s own foundry. The rest were mostly French or Dutch.

This gun stands outside Two rectangular marks along the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Arsenal Royal Arsenal] at Woolwich.Bronze 6’’ howitzerBaroda, late 18th CenturyIt is mounted on a native carriage. Weight 3cwt. 34lbs; length middle of chamber 6.3 in; length of bore 7in. There are numerous implements attached to the brackets of gun on both sides and the carriage.This exceptional gun offset bore indicate that it was captured by a British Force at Khuree (modern Kadi) in Gujarat in 1802 during a campaign often seen as the beginning of made using the second Anglocast- Maratha Waron construction. Kanoji Rao, illegitimate brother of Anunt Rao, disputed his succession to A separate inner mould was used for the Gaikwar of Baroda. To back his own claim Khanoji enlisted the powerful support of his cousin Mulhar Rao who bore and held in place by iron chaplets which remained embedded in the practically independent fiefdom of Kadibronze after casting. Mulhar Rao raised an army This method of 32000 men. In return for military assistance from the Company’s Bombay Army Anunt Rao promised territory and tax revenues to casting was first used in the East India Company. 6000 British and Company troops attacked Mulhar Rao’s army and forced him to retreat. His fortress at Kadi16th century, along with 58 guns, fell into British hands on 5th May 1802.The Marathas developed some of the very best artillery encountered but was phased out in Europe by the Britishlate 18th century. They were particularly noted for their technical innovation and the use of multi-purpose types. This gun is a hybrid mortar and howitzer. As a field Howitzer However, it would have fired explosive shell much like a contemporary 51/2 inch howitzer. But it was also capable of firing at even higher trajectories continued to be used by mortars in siege warfare. The carriage is stoutly built to withstand Indian states well into the shock of firing1830s. One of the particularly unusual features is the plumb line within the decorative cupolaIt may well have been for this reason that Arthur Wellesley, which ensured the gun who was levelat Seringapatam in 1799, thus improving accuracy. Another is considered the iron spikes, stabilising quality of Tipu’s artillery to be inferior to those he later encountered in use by the piece Maratha army in preparation for subsequent high angle rounds1803.