They are using real gunpowder, but a blank cartridge. The cannon demonstration in the video below is being performed on a 6-pounder iron cannon that could fire a 6 pound cannon ball (about the size of a baseball) about a 1.5 miles downrange. ![]() ![]() Cannons that fire larger cannonballs have greater range (up to 3.5 miles) and do more damage, but can’t be fired as fast as smaller cannon. The cannons at the Castillo are also a variety of different sizes from a small 2-pounder to the massive 32-pounder, depending on the size of the cannonball they fire. ![]() ![]() Today you can easily tell the difference between the iron and bronze cannon: the iron ones are black and very plain, while the bronze ones are green and have all sorts of decorations.
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