Medieval Handgonnes: The First Black Powder Infantry Weapons
In the early 14th century, a new weapon entered the arsenals of European armies. This first generation of black powder weapons put fear into the heart of the enemy and in 1453 Ottoman cannon succeeded in pummelling the once-impregnable walls of Constantinople. But cannons, which are both slow and cumbersome, were difficult to use and often proved inaccurate. The first handgonnes were the answer. Easily dismissed by later historians as nothing more than crude tubes that shot wildly inaccurate lead balls, more recent research has revealed the true accuracy of the medieval handgonne together with its penetrative power. This volume, complete with…
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Weitere Autoren: Embleton, Gerry (Illustr.) / Embleton, Sam (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84908-155-9
- EAN: 9781849081559
- Produktnummer: 20326048
- Verlag: Osprey Pub Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 80 S.
- Masse: H24.8 cm x B18.4 cm x D2.0 cm 261 g
- Auflage: New
- Reihenbandnummer: 3
- Gewicht: 261
Über den Autor
Sean McLachlan is a full-time writer who has previously written American Civil War Guerrilla Tactics for Osprey Publishing as well as a number of magazine articles and books for other publishers on a range of historical subjects. His interest in medieval handgonnes was first fuelled by a visit to the Medieval Centre in Denmark where groundbreaking research is currently being undertaken on the subject of medieval technologies.
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