RARE 6-barreled manually rotated Japanese ‘Tanagashima’ snapping matchlock

[Flint62Smoothie]

Ooohhh … I must build me one!

 

[2 shots]

well come on tell us more

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Ooohhh … I must build me one!


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I'm betting they used this for ship to ship or as a "wall gun". Waaay too heavy for footman carry. Long and beefy barrels too seem to suggest larger loads so perhaps designed to reach out farther than an infantry weapon?

LD