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The Weapons
filling in the mouth of the 2 – Portuguese large bronze
copper cannon. As the artillery cannon, known by the name
shells were making holes in the (tiger) and was named also
forts walls and fences, so the (noise hammer) for its loud
Portuguese used them as others annoying sound during firing ,
like the Othmanians and the that disturbed the Gulf residence
rulers of Morocco cities, at the and others in ports of the Pacific
first situation in the process of Ocean at the beginning of the
siege on ports and coast cities Portuguese invasion for these
as in the Arabian Gulf, India and waters.
East Africa.
Of the different artillery weapons
which were used by the
Portuguese in the Gulf zone , the
following examples and details
of its use:
Iron Mortar 2- Portuguese bronze gun called (Pounder
1- A photo for different kinds of Portuguese Espalhafato), or (Tigre), from 16th century
cannons which were carried on the ships
and were used in the invasion of the Gulf This kind of guns was used in
between 1506 –1622 at the military museum (Goa) in India, 1533. It throws
in Lisbon stone shells in the siege
operations of the standard of
24.5 cm. its nozzle with length
of 284 cm. and the length of
the whole cannon is 331 cm.
and throws a stone ball with the
weight of 103.5 kg. (225 pounds).
This piece of the gun ( as in the
photo ) was used in the cannons
of Hormuz Castle in the Gulf and
(DIU) castle in India, then it was
transported to Lisbon in 1897.
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