These would have been used in a class setting to allow the instructor to point out features to even the people in the back of the room.
These would have been used in a class setting to allow the instructor to point out features to even the people in the back of the room.
Silly as those punt guns look, they were massively effective. They were usually meant to be fired from some kind of mount. They went out of use more from laws banning them than from a lack of effect. Wikipedia overview.