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The Weapons

3 – Another Portuguese gun 4- (Águia (Eagle) Gun cast in Portugal in
named (Touro) or The Bull, it was 1549)
made of the malleable iron and
was used in throwing tough stone 5 - A bronze Portuguese Gun,
balls during the siege operations returns back to the middle of
also. The Thickness of the gun is the16th century. It was used
43cm, its length is 304 cm, and from the decks of ships in siege
the nozzle with length of 277cm. operations, its length is 300
and throws stone balls by the cm., with the depth of a nozzle
weight of 92kg. (200 pounds), reaches 277cm. and throws iron
made of iron and supported by balls with weight of 4.5 kg. ( 10
metal ties. It was made in the pounds).
beginning of the 16th century as
that kind from the 15th century
and was used in (DIU) also. There
wtheere16ptihecceenstoufryit.found in (Goa) in

3-Pounder Espalhafato called «Touro» or 5-(Áspide or short half-culverin Gun)
(Bull)
6 – A Portuguese Bronze Gun
4 – A Bronze Gun called Eagle, returns back to the 16th century.
made in Portugal in 1549, it was This weapon was used in the
used basially in siege operations.
This weapon weighs 38.65 kg.
standard of 17,9cm. and its
length is 380cm. the deep length
of its nozzle is 357cm.

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