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Blunderbuss
Description
A short gun with a flared muzzle that fired several projectiles at once at close range. It was the typical defence of coach guards and ship crews.
Historical use
- Mail coaches and merchant ships
Technical data
- Year
- 1650
- Service
- 1650–1840
- Country
- Netherlands
- Maker
- Armeros neerlandeses y británicos
- Type
- Shotgun
- Mechanism
- Flintlock
- Calibre
- Boca acampanada, ≈ 25–50 mm
- Weight
- 3.5 kg
- Length
- 750 mm
Source: Wikidata Q1148444
