Wall gun
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The wall gun or wall piece was a type of smoothbore firearm used from 16th until 19th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops. Essentially, it was a scaled-up version of the
German wall guns (below) and muskets (above).
Long matchlock firearm requiring a rest, 16th century, Ming dynasty
Chinese firing a gingal.
Turkish wall guns, Shishane, carbines and muskets.
Blunderbuss
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The blunderbuss is a Seventeenth- to mid-Nineteenth-century muzzleloading firearm with a short, large caliber, smoothbore barrel. The blunderbuss is flared at the muzzle to aid the loading of shot, wh
A flintlock blunderbuss, built for Tipu Sultan
An English flintlock blunderbuss
A French blunderbuss, called an espingole, 1760, France
Musketoon, blunderbuss and coach gun from the American Civil War era