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Wheellock pistol
Description
The wheellock struck sparks by spinning a steel wheel against pyrite, with no burning match. It made the cavalry pistol and luxury firearms possible.
Historical use
- Reiter cavalry
- Thirty Years' War
Technical data
- Year
- 1530
- Service
- 1530–1650
- Country
- Germany
- Maker
- Armeros de Núremberg y Augsburgo
- Type
- Pistol
- Mechanism
- Wheellock
- Calibre
- ≈ 12–14 mm (bola de plomo)
- Weight
- 1.8 kg
- Length
- 550 mm
Source: Wikidata Q1967985
