Wheellock (3134 bytes)
1: '''Wheellock''', also referred to as 'Wheel-Lock', was the nex...
3: ...out a dozen shots before it needed replacing. The wheellock took around a minute to load, prepare and fire.
5: ... There are actual drawings made by da Vinci of a wheellock mechanism dating from the first decade of the 150...
7: .... The variety of parts and complex design of the wheellock made it liable to break and/or jam. It was also ...
9: ...tlock]] of the 1600s. However, the ability of the wheellock to fire reliably in wet conditions meant that wel...

Johann Kiefuss (366 bytes)
1: ...]]. He is sometimes credited with inventing the [[wheellock]] in [[Nuremberg]] in [[1517]]. However, it is un...

Snaphance (593 bytes)
1: ...es flint and steel in a manner like that of the [[wheellock]] to create a spark to set off the gunpowder, but...

Lock (1343 bytes)
7: ... These include [[matchlock]], [[flintlock]] and [[wheellock]] types.

Caracole (1365 bytes)
7: ...o [[cavalry]] tactics. Equipped with one or two [[wheellock]] [[pistol]]s, cavalrymen would advance on their ...

Matchlock (1688 bytes)
7: ...of better ignition systems, such as that of the [[wheellock]] and the [[flintlock]], the low cost of producti...

Gun (2444 bytes)
65: *[[Wheellock]]

Flintlock mechanism (2874 bytes)
1: ... mechanisms had proceeded from [[matchlock]] to [[wheellock]] to [[snaphance]] and [[miquelet]] in the previo...

Breech-loading weapon (3365 bytes)
5: ...s that continued through the development of the [[wheellock]] and the [[flintlock]]. All failed to completely...

Pyrite (3933 bytes)
49: ...pular for use in early [[firearm]]s such as the [[wheellock]].

Firearm (16875 bytes)
55: ====Wheellock====
56: The [[wheellock]] predates the flintlock. While cumbersome and o...
59: ...he gunpowder was no longer generated by a complex wheellock, but rather by a piece of flint set in the jaws o...

Personal weapon (11656 bytes)
66: ... These include [[matchlock]], [[flintlock]] and [[wheellock]] types.

Internal ballistics (53003 bytes)
13: ...t weather would render a matchlock useless, but a wheellock that was loaded and waterproofed with a bit of gr...
15: ...tlock mechanism was simpler and stronger than the wheellock, and the flint and steel provided a good, reliabl...

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