I wonder if there were ever any attempts to mount a halberd blade onto the gonne barrel. I've not come across any pictures or even mention of one. It would add to the weight but that wouldn't matter if a forked rest was used.
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Halberd/handgonne combo?
- Thread starter The Miner '49er
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There is a 15th century illustration of a cavalry mace with some sort of handgonne. It seems more common for handgonnes to have a spike perpendicular to the barrel (like the other Rifle Shoppe example) but from what I’ve read, the spike most likely served to brace the gun and evolved into the hook gun. The Chinese fire lance seems closest to the handgonne pole arm combination.
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Combo Double-Gun & Halberd example
Combo Double-Gun & Halberd example
Isn’t that a wheellock? It seems the combo weapon trend was mostly applied to them.
