- A
swivel gun (or
simply swivel) is a
small cannon mounted on a
swiveling stand or fork
which allows a very wide arc of movement.
Another type of firearm...
- breech-loading
swivel gun was a
particular type of
swivel gun and a
small breech-loading
cannon invented in the 14th century. It was
equipped with a
swivel for easy...
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interrupted ****. Breech-loading
swivel guns were
invented in the 14th century. They were a
particular type of
swivel gun, and
consisted in a
small breech-loading...
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lightest artillery pieces, such as the
swivel gun. This sort of
weapon may also be
found described as a
rampart gun,
hackbut or amusette, a name originally...
- (in Malay, jawi script: رنتاک) was a type of
bronze portable cannon or
swivel gun,
sometimes mounted on
merchant vessels and
warships in
Maritime Southeast...
- This
weapon seems to be
cannon and
gun of
Ottoman tradition, for
example the prangi,
which is a breech-loading
swivel gun. A new type of cetbang,
called the...
- " The hand
cannons were used
again in the
beginning of 1288. Li Ting's "
gun-soldiers" or chòngzú (銃卒) were able to
carry the hand
cannons "on
their backs"...
- or the Type 96 15 cm
Howitzer (1936) . A breech-loading
swivel gun of
Sengoku era. This
gun is
thought to have been cast in
Portuguese Goa,
India and...
- High
angle trajectory mortars held a
great advantage over
standard field guns in the
rough terrain of the West
Highlands of Scotland. The
mortar had fallen...
- with a
fresh one. In this way it is
similar to
earlier breech-loading
swivel guns with a
detachable chamber which could be
loaded prior to use. The cylinder...
