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A zamburak consisted of a soldier on a camel with a mounted swivel gun (a small falconet) hinged on a metal fork-rest protruding from the camel's saddle. To fire it, the camel was put on its knees. The name is derived from the Persian word for wasp zambur (زنبور), possibly in reference to the sound earlier camel-mounted crossbows made. The ...
Camel-mounted swivel gun (zamburak) Mughal light artillery, also known as artillery of the stirrup, [11] [16] consisted of a variety of smaller weapons. Animal-borne swivel guns saw widespread use in several forms. [14] Elephants carried two pieces of "elephant barrel" (gajnal and hathnal) artillery and two soldiers to fire them. The elephants ...
A swivel gun (or simply swivel) [1] is a small cannon mounted on a swiveling stand or fork which allows a very wide arc of movement. Another type of firearm referred to as a swivel gun was an early flintlock combination gun with two barrels that rotated along their axes to allow the shooter to switch between either the rifled or the smoothbore ...
There is also a unique weapon called Camel gun which is a small cannon, also known as a swivel gun. It was a specialized form of self-propelled small canon manouvered by a soldier, while the weapon was mounted on a camel. When the canon was fired the camel was made to sit on the knees.
Special type of guns Cailletoque - A strange very long and heavy matchlock. This musket was often carried under the arm. Jazail or Jazair - A wall-piece or swivel gun falling somewhere between a firearm as carried by combatants and a piece of artillery and having features of both. Ghor-Dahan was a kind of jezail. The allusion in the name seems ...
IDF reportedly deployed robot dogs fitted with aerial drones earlier this year
One of Nader's key artillery units were the zamburakchi (زنبورکچی), a corps of artillery batteries which were 1 or 2-pounder swivel guns mounted on the back of camels. They were rather inaccurate and short in range compared to regular field-artillery but had the clear advantage in mobility and when massed could deliver a devastating ...
A private military defense contractor in China is going full "Black Mirror" with its latest offering. The company posted a video on Weibo showing a machine-gun mounted robot dog.