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  2. Breech-loading swivel gun - Wikipedia

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    Breech-loading swivel gun with mug-shaped chamber and wedge to hold it in place. Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, [1] breech-loading swivel guns were invented in the 14th century, [2] and used worldwide from the 16th century onward by numerous countries, many of them non-European.

  3. Breechloader - Wikipedia

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    They were a particular type of swivel gun, and consisted in a small breech-loading cannon equipped with a swivel for easy rotation, loaded by inserting a mug-shaped chamber already filled with powder and projectiles. The breech-loading swivel gun had a high rate of fire, and was especially effective in anti-personnel roles.

  4. Swivel gun - Wikipedia

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    Breech-loading swivel gun with mug-shaped chamber, and wedge to hold it in place. Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, [3] breech-loading swivel guns were invented in the 14th century, [4] and used worldwide from the 16th century onward by numerous countries, many of them non-European.

  5. Pierrier à boîte - Wikipedia

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    A Pierrier à boîte was an early type of small wrought iron cannon developed in the early 15th century, and a type of breech-loading swivel gun. It was part of the artillery of France in the Middle Ages, and the artillery of the Middle Ages in general. [1] Perrier is the historical term in English for such weapons, literally a stone thrower.

  6. Rifled breech loader - Wikipedia

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    A rifled breech loader (RBL) is an artillery piece which, unlike the smoothbore cannon and rifled muzzle loader which preceded it, has rifling in the barrel and is loaded from the breech at the rear of the gun. The spin imparted by the gun's rifling gives projectiles directional stability and increased range. Loading from the rear of the gun ...

  7. Breechblock - Wikipedia

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    A typical break-action, double-barreled shotgun. A way of closing the breech or chamber is an essential part of any breech-loading weapon or firearm.Perhaps the simplest way of achieving this is a break-action, in which the barrel, forestock and breech pivot on a hinge that joins the front assembly to the rear of the firearm, incorporating the rear of the breech, the butt and usually, the ...

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