Nock gun
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The Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of volley gun adapted for ship-to-ship fighting, but
A Nock volley gun in the Charleston Museum 1779–1780
Volley gun
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A volley gun is a gun with multiple single-shot barrels that volley fired simultaneously or sequentially in quick succession. Their volume of fire is limited by the number of barrels bundled together.
Nock gun
…The Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of volley gun adapted for ship-to-ship fighting, but was limited in its use because of the powerful recoil and eventually discontinued. Its operation and historical…
Volley guns at a historical reenactment of the 1656 Battle of Warsaw
Depiction of a German volley gun in a work from the 15th century
Ottoman Empire volley gun with 9 barrels, early 16th century, Army Museum (Paris)
A Nock gun