n7axw wrote:Keith_w wrote:
yes this would work, until the 1st time a cannon went off over it's head, then have fun trying to control it.
They are already being used to get cannon in to position. Oviously you'd need to condition them for the experience prior to their use in battle.
Don
Did you read the description of the battle of the Markovian Sea? Over pressures and smoke and very very sharp noises. Were you aware that naval gunners often went deaf from the noise even though they tried to protect their ears? The motive dragons would be in enclosed quarters that would echo the gunfire much as a gun deck would. The field artillery dragons that moved the cannon into position were then removed from the immediate area of the cannon, as were horses, so that they were not subjected to this to as great an extent as the gunners were.