Dark Luther
09-24-2006, 03:12 AM
I'm bored, and I hate seeing the battlefield empty,
so I've decided to do running themes every week - starting with an exotic weapon of the week thing -
basicly weapons not commonly known or heard much of...
Today's is the Organ gun, or Ribauldequin.
This weapon orignially used in the reinassance consisted of several small caliber pipes or barrels that could fire a volley of several shots at an enemy formation.
Some early versions carried as much as several dozen or even over 100 barrels,
but the more conventional versions trained around 1 to 3 dozen - and were used sporadicly up through colonial times.
From sparse knowledge, it's believed that it mostly saw use in the wars of Italian inter state fighting, and the eventual liberation from european nations.., it also saw minor use in Portugal ( though it is believed it was only used in it's early years in it's war against Spanish succession ), and King Edward the III in the wars between England and France...
Used mostly as an anti personel artillery piece,
it was quite effective at formations, but was extremly difficult to make along with being expansive -
it also in my opinion came out too early for it's own good,
as at the reinassance there was a lack of organized formation for foot infantry in the front,
there was always a presence of melee armed infantry and fast heavy calvary.
The weapon would most likely have been of greater use in the late colonial period at the time of formationed musket infantry ranks.
so I've decided to do running themes every week - starting with an exotic weapon of the week thing -
basicly weapons not commonly known or heard much of...
Today's is the Organ gun, or Ribauldequin.
This weapon orignially used in the reinassance consisted of several small caliber pipes or barrels that could fire a volley of several shots at an enemy formation.
Some early versions carried as much as several dozen or even over 100 barrels,
but the more conventional versions trained around 1 to 3 dozen - and were used sporadicly up through colonial times.
From sparse knowledge, it's believed that it mostly saw use in the wars of Italian inter state fighting, and the eventual liberation from european nations.., it also saw minor use in Portugal ( though it is believed it was only used in it's early years in it's war against Spanish succession ), and King Edward the III in the wars between England and France...
Used mostly as an anti personel artillery piece,
it was quite effective at formations, but was extremly difficult to make along with being expansive -
it also in my opinion came out too early for it's own good,
as at the reinassance there was a lack of organized formation for foot infantry in the front,
there was always a presence of melee armed infantry and fast heavy calvary.
The weapon would most likely have been of greater use in the late colonial period at the time of formationed musket infantry ranks.