龍銃
龍銃是雷筒的縮短版，其特點也是短身管、大口徑，槍口呈喇叭狀，而且在很多情況下槍的整個內膛都呈喇叭狀[1][2]。龍銃是龍騎兵的常用武器，重量輕、易使用的優勢使得該武器便於在馬背上使用。[3]
早期龍銃都是較短的簧輪槍。之所以被冠以「龍」的名字，是因為其槍口經常裝飾有龍頭。當時的人們有給所有使用火藥的武器冠以獨特名稱的習慣，如蛇砲、蛇槍和隼砲。[4]龍銃只在短距離內有效，射擊遠距離目標時幾乎無準度。[1][2]
參考文獻
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Sibbald Mike Lier. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment. Cassell, Petter, Galpin. 1868: 33, 302–304.
- ^ 2.0 2.1 George Elliot Voyle, G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson. A Military Dictionary. W. Clowes & Sons. 1876: 43, 114.
- ^ Charles Francis Hoban. Pennsylvania Archives. 1853., page 324, from a letter dated March 7, 1778
- ^ von Bismark, Graf Friedrich Wilhelm. On the Uses and Application of Cavalry in War from the Text of Bismark: With Practical Examples Selected from Ancient and Modern History. North Ludlow Beamish (translator). London: T. & W. Boone. 1855 [2014-02-01]. p. 333