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Matchlock arquebus
Description
The first firearm braced against the shoulder and fired by a trigger-operated matchlock. It transformed sixteenth-century European infantry.
Historical use
- Italian Wars
- Battle of Pavia (1525)
Technical data
- Year
- 1475
- Service
- 1475–1620
- Country
- Germany
- Maker
- Talleres europeos diversos
- Type
- Arquebus
- Mechanism
- Matchlock
- Calibre
- ≈ 15–18 mm (bola de plomo)
- Weight
- 4.5 kg
- Length
- 1,200 mm
Source: Wikidata Q168289
