Pirate Weaponry

Learn the tools of the Pirate Trade!
 

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General Shipboard Weapons: Belaying Pin Boarding Axes & Tomahawks Grappling Hook (a.k.a. Boarding Hook) Caltrop (a.k.a. Crowsfoot) Marlin Spike (a.k.a. Hand Fid)  Edged Weapons: Buckler Cutlass Dagger Dirk Sailor's Knife <-- Still in Progress! Scimitar (a.k.a. Persian: "Shamshir", Turkish: "Kilij", Indian: "Talwar", Moroccan: "Nimcha", Afghan: "Pulwar")  Rifles, Pistols, and Small Arms Grenadoes (a.k.a. Grenades) Flintlock Weapons Matchlock Weapons Snaphance Weapons Wheel Lock Weapons  Cannon & Naval Artillery (Various Historical Periods) THE ERA OF ARTILLERY 1. The Ancient Engines of War 2. Gunpowder Comes to Europe 3. The Bombards 4. Sixteenth Century Cannon 5. The Seventeenth Century & Gustavus Adolphus 6. Eighteenth Century Cannon 7.  United States Guns of the Early 1800's 8.  Rifling of Cannon Projectiles 9.  The Civil War 10.  The Change into Modern Artillery   GUNPOWDER 11.  Primers 12.  Modern Use of Black Powder   CANNON CHARACTERISTICS 13.  Smoothbore Cannon, Early Examples 14.  Smoothbore Cannon of the Later Period 15.  Garrison and Ship Guns 16.  Standard Naval Deck Cannon (Various Eras) 17.  Swivel Cannon 18.  Siege Cannon 19.  Field Cannon 20.  Howitzers 21.  Mortars 22.  Petards   CANNON PROJECTILES 23.  Solid Shot & Explosive Shells 24.  Fuzes 25.  Scatter Projectiles 26.  Incendiaries & Chemical Projectiles 27.  Fixed Ammunition 28.  Rockets   29.  Cannon Tools & Implements   30.  "The Practice of Gunnery" (A Guide to Mastering the Art of the Cannon)   31.  Glossary of Cannon Terminology (Just in case the above info wasn't enough!)   32.  Selected Bibliography of sources used to gather the above Cannon Information

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