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A French blunderbuss, called an espingole, 1760, France Musketoon, blunderbuss and coach gun from the American Civil War era. The flared muzzle is the defining feature of the blunderbuss, differentiating it from large caliber carbines; the distinction between the blunderbuss and the musketoon is less distinct, as musketoons were also used to fire shot, and some had flared barrels.
A dragon is a shortened version of blunderbuss, a firearm with a short, large caliber barrel which is flared at the muzzle and frequently throughout the entire bore. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Dragons were typically issued to dragoon cavalry , who needed a lightweight, easily handled firearm to use while mounted.
The name reputedly derives from a type of firearm, called a dragon, which was a handgun version of a blunderbuss, carried by dragoons of the French Army. [2] [3] The title has been retained in modern times by a number of armoured or ceremonial mounted regiments.
Musketoons had a brass or iron barrel, and used a wheellock, flintlock or caplock [1] firing mechanism, like the typical musket of the period. They were fired from the shoulder like the musket, but the shorter length (barrels were as short as a foot (30 cm) long) made them easier to handle for those in restricted conditions, such as mounted infantry and naval boarding parties.
In December 2011, Markus Persson announced [7] that he was going to be stepping down as the lead developer of Minecraft, and that he would be working on another project.. Mojang CEO Carl Manneh said in an interview with Edge Online that Mojang was committed to supporting a new project that Persson was developing along with another game created by other developers in their compa
Dragon Age: Giant, metallic skinned, and horned people whose name comes from their religious text, the Qun. Rito: The Legend of Zelda: A race of bird-like humans distantly related to the Zoras. In order to fly, Rito must obtain and consume a scale from a sky dragon as a rite of passage. Ronso: Final Fantasy X: A species of blue furred, lion ...
Modern fan illustration by David Demaret of the dragon Smaug from J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 high fantasy novel The Hobbit. This is a list of dragons in popular culture.Dragons in some form are nearly universal across cultures and as such have become a staple of modern popular culture, especially in the fantasy genre.
Often measured as "eye height", giving ~1:160 for 10 mm scale, and figures being 10-12 mm tall overall. 12 mm: 2 mm: ≈1:152 – 1:144: 1:152 is called 2 mm finescale in railway modelling. A newer scale, growing in popularity, closely related to 10 mm. 1:144 scale used for Japanese giant robot models (such as Gunpla) and toys.