- the
matchlock made it the
weapon of
choice for Bedouins, who
sometimes chose to
convert flintlocks into
matchlocks.
Tibetans have used
matchlocks from...
- the
matchlock which became known as the
tanegashima was
through the
Portuguese in 1543. The
tanegashima seems to have been
based on snap
matchlocks that...
- for supremacy.
Matchlock guns were used
extensively and had a
decisive role in warfare. In 1549, Oda
Nobunaga ordered 500
matchlocks to be made for his...
- Also,
certain technical aspects of the
early Sri
Lankan matchlock were
similar to the
matchlocks used in the
Middle East, thus
forming the
generally accepted...
-
tanegashima declined. The
tanegashima seems to have been
based on snap
matchlocks that were
produced in the
armory of Goa in
Portuguese India,
which was...
-
volley fire with
matchlocks was not
implemented until 1526 when the
Ottoman Janissaries utilized it
during the
Battle of Mohács. The
matchlock volley fire...
- was a snaphaunce, the rest
being matchlocks. The
development of
firearm lock
mechanisms had
proceeded from the
matchlock to
wheellock to the
earlier flintlocks...
-
cloth backing. In the 16th
century the
ashigaru were also
armed with
matchlocks of the type
known as tanegashima.
Small banners called sashimono could...
- fire. It was the next
major development in
firearms technology after the
matchlock, and the
first self-igniting firearm. Its name is from its
rotating steel...
- 2022-02-25 Saidel,
Benjamin (2000). "
Matchlocks, Flintlocks, and Saltpetre: The
Chronological Implications for the Use of
Matchlock Muskets among Ottoman-Period...
