A Beginner's Guide to the Matchlock Musket - History Forum
May 22, 2016 · Introduction to the Matchlock. The matchlock musket was one of the first firearms that proved to be important and decisive in warfare (the other being the cannon), this lasting from the late 1400's until the early 1700's. A musket was merely an iron barrel placed upon a wooden handle; there was a spring that dropped the serpentine when the ...
Matchlock Firearms: History and Design | History Forum
May 13, 2017 · The Matchlock mechanism was probably known in Europe since the 1430's or 1440's. Who exactly invented it is anyone's guess but it was first recorded to have been used in significant numbers in battle by the Hungarians in the 1440's. Immediately after it was adopted in significant enough numbers by the Ottomans.
Chinese invented the Matchlock? - History Forum
Jan 22, 2024 · Anyone with a basic understanding of lever would know how to make one and why. Yes and no. It depends if the Chinese first invention of matchlocks was difused around the world. If it wasn't difused, and matchlocks invented elsewhere were independently invented, there's no "rewriting of history". it's a big deal.
Matchlock musketeers - how did they light the match cord?
Oct 29, 2020 · That's what catches the sparks. Then you can just transfer the glowing ember of the charcloth to the match, or stick it in a wad of tinder and start a real fire. Of course, once you get one match lit, many others can be lit from it in a minute or so. Matthew. Edratman, RandomRodent and Graham S.
Matchlock pistols and carbines? | History Forum
May 2, 2017 · The Asians didn't have an option to use any sort of pistols besides matchlock. This isn't a slight against them, they just didn't have the knowledge transfer of military innovations that contemporary European nations has because they were isolated, whereas the Europeans spent centuries perfecting the machines and arts of war through endless bloodshed against close by …
Chinese invented the Matchlock? | Page 2 - History Forum
Jan 22, 2024 · After All, even if they are individually weaker than an arquebus shots, you still have the capability to fire three shots in rapid succesion. Maybe their perceived usefulness in siege defense of repelling cavalry attacks might have skewed perceptions vis a vis matchlock guns in the northern provinces.
Kinetic energy of ancient and modern weapons | History Forum
Feb 4, 2012 · The original ammunition for the M16 was the 5.56x45mm M193 round. When fired from a 20″ barrel at ranges of up to 100 meters, the thin-jacketed lead-cored round traveled fast enough (above 2900 ft/s) that the force of striking a human body would cause the round to yaw (or tumble) and fragment into about a dozen pieces of various sizes and thus …
When was the matchlock first used? Some confusing on its origin …
Dec 17, 2020 · the earliest matchlock found or mentioned in use in battle were by ottoman janissaries around the 1470ies. they are supposed to have them from Hungary , while Germany is commonly mentioned as the original source. at the 1453 siege of Constantinople , the Christians under Giustiniani used "crosbows and guns ".
Do Hand Cannons Actually Have a Faster Rate of Fire Than …
Jan 2, 2012. #6. Maybe yes, but then you might as well get a longbow, which fires even faster. Bows were more accurate than hand cannons and had a much faster rate of fire, which made them more practical until the invention of heavy plate armor, which could fairly easily stop arrows at anything but point blank.
Everything about Ming firearms - History Forum
Apr 26, 2015 · One of the excuses given was that the matchlock musket is unsuitable to use in northern China due to windy conditions there. Another problem is the wide-spread corruption and quality issues. Due to the corruption and financial crisis, the Ming matchlock muskets were often poorly-made and there was a high chance of barrel-bursting.