- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
- A
field gun is a
field artillery piece.
Originally the term
referred to
smaller guns that
could accompany a
field army on the march, that when in combat...
- 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...
- (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...
- 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...
-
gun,
swivel gun, or
placed in a
wheeled carriage. Small-sized
cetbang can be
easily installed on
small vessels called penja**** and lancaran. This
gun...
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without rifling.
Smoothbores range from
handheld firearms to
powerful tank
guns and
large artillery mortars.
Early firearms had
smoothly bored barrels that...
