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The Weapons
Land and Sea operations. Its 110 cm. It throws iron balls with
length is 222cm, with the depth weight of 23 kg. (51 pounds)
of nozzle of 216 cm., and throws
stone ball by the weight of 6.5
kg. (14 pounds).
8-(Wrought Iron Gun, «Berço-» cast in Portu�
gal ]15th - 16th century[)
6 – ( Bronze Gun cast in Portugal in the 16th
century)
7 – Half a gun of malleable iron, 9 – ( Bronze Gun cast in Portugal in the first
mounted on a wooden carriage half of the 16th century)
made in Portugal between the
15th and 16th centuries. This 9 – A Bronze Gun, made in
weapon was used on deck of Portugal and it was used during
ships and in land wars. It is a the first half of the 16th century.
standard of 4cm., its length is 185 The most important that that
cm. with a depth of the nozzle weapon was used in Hormuz
siege operations, and some
pieces of this weapon were put
in its castle and in Persia. It was
of the standard of 19cm.and its
real length is381 cm, and the
deep length of its nozzle is 346
cm. It can throw balls of iron with
weight of 22 kg. (48 pounds).
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