SPANISH 8" RML CANNON


Although called a "Spanish Cannon", this gun was originally built by by  Armstrong & Co. in England. The Spanish had acquired a numberof guns from Armstrong and Krupp and deployed them to their outposts in Cuba and the Philippines.

This gun has survived, and is currently on display at Ft. San Antonio Abad, which is inside the Central Bank compound along Roxas Blvd.  The cannon shows some damage caused by machine gun fire and shell splinters. .

 

 

 

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