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The Weapons
10 – A Bronze Gun, called
the “ Dragon “ made by the
Portuguese in (Goa) in India in
1537, it was of the standard of
16.5 cm. with a real length of 528
cm. and the deep length of its
nozzle is 495 cm. and can throw
iron balls with the weight of 15
kg. (33 pounds) .
10 – Bronze Gun called “Dragon” or Double
Culverin.
A group of different shells from ( Vencent . The Portuguese effect on
Sodry ) Portuguese Captain of “Esmeralda”
in 1503.
It can be noticed that the
Portuguese Navy Artillery,
as (Rodrigues, and Tevezes)
point out, that they scarcely
have defects of its explosion
by itself because of misuse.
The Portuguese Crown was
not interested by the powerful
industry for these guns only
for his personal benefit during
production, but also because
the defected local pieces (on
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A Portuguese Gun from the 17th century,
Nizwa Fort in Oman
the Moslems’weapons
After the success of the
Portuguese invasion to the east
Islamic world in the beginning
of the 16th century and the
spread of the Portuguese fleets
with its modern weapons in the