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Wall gun - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Armor, Balustrade, Bank, Bar, Battle, Block, Blockade, Bluff, Boom, Boundary, Breakwater, Buffer, Bulkhead

Wall guns were large caliber smooth-bore muskets that were used in the 17th and 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. Some of these weapons had multiple barrels which enabled volleys to be fired.

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