Wall Gun
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wall guns were large caliber smooth-bore muskets that were used in the 16th through 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops. They were too heavy to be fired from the shoulder and so were usually rested on window ledges or low walls, hence the name.They were also known as Hackbuts, a name originally given to early medieval hand cannon.Many were fitted with a barrel hook to absorb shock. Some of these weapons had multiple barrels which enabled volleys to be fired much faster than a normal single shot wall gun.Wall Guns…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wall guns were large caliber smooth-bore muskets that were used in the 16th through 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops. They were too heavy to be fired from the shoulder and so were usually rested on window ledges or low walls, hence the name.They were also known as Hackbuts, a name originally given to early medieval hand cannon.Many were fitted with a barrel hook to absorb shock. Some of these weapons had multiple barrels which enabled volleys to be fired much faster than a normal single shot wall gun.Wall Guns were used in India as early as the 17th century[and there is a Burmese source from the late 1400s mentioning the use of "cannon and muskets" by the defenders of the besieged town of Prome.There are examples of later wall guns fitted with bipods.