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What is a wall gun?., something that can shoot through a wall?


2 posted on 12/30/2020 11:58:31 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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“What is a wall gun?”

Something that shoots out a wall of lead?


4 posted on 12/30/2020 12:00:16 PM PST by READINABLUESTATE ( Deplorable, and proud of it.)
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To: mountainlion
"What is a wall gun?., something that can shoot through a wall?"

The concept goes back to the early days of firearms, when a lot of warfare was still conducted by means of siege of castles or other fortifications.

"Wall guns," were used by the defense and were intended to be fired from the battlements atop the fortress wall. Because they were more static and didn't need to be particularly mobile, they could be considerably larger and heavier than a long arm carried by soldiers in the offense who would need to be more mobile.

5 posted on 12/30/2020 12:05:26 PM PST by Joe 6-pack
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A wall gun was mounted on a swivel mount on a wall. It could be moved from place to place as needed. But it wasn’t something a arquebusier or musketeer could handle. I was between a large firearm and small artillery...


6 posted on 12/30/2020 12:12:16 PM PST by Little Ray (The Left and Right no longer have anything in common. A House divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: mountainlion

“What is a wall gun?”

My 2 cents:

Wall guns were large caliber smooth-bore muskets that were used in the 16th through 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops. They were too heavy to be fired from the shoulder and so were usually rested on window ledges or low walls, hence the name. They were also known as Hackbuts, a name originally given to early medieval hand cannon. Many were fitted with a barrel hook to absorb shock. Some of these weapons had multiple barrels which enabled volleys to be fired much faster than a normal single shot wall gun.

A wall gun’s barrel could be over 54 inches (140 cm) in length with a bore of at least 1 inch (2.5 cm). This made them more accurate than the standard flintlock or matchlock musket. George Washington acquired several wall guns during the American War of Independence; tests showed that they were capable of hitting a sheet of common writing paper at 600 yards (550 m). Wall guns were part of the standard equipment of some artillery pieces at that time.

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14 posted on 12/30/2020 1:42:00 PM PST by whitney69 (")
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