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    Posted: 25-Jul-2012 at 19:38

Somewhere in between the musket and the cannon was the "wall gun:" an oversized musket crewed by one or two men. Due its weight it was used to defend castles and fortresses: the long barrel gave it much greater range than the standard arquebus, but it was unwieldy and made the shooter an easy target on the battlefield
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Look at this baby, Nick, a Chinese 'Jingle' wall gun.

biggun Chinese Jingal Wall Gun
The one shown above is a .60 calibre.
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More Chinese wallguns from the time of the Boxer Rebellion
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This one is a Saxon wall gun from around 1680.

Saxon Wall gun, circa 1680
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Cool. It looks like an oversized version of Nock's volley gun
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Originally posted by Nick1986

Cool. It looks like an oversized version of Nock's volley gun
Yes I agree, Nick, however at least a hundred years earlier than the Nock's volley.
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Was it smoothbore or rifled, and how many were made?
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Originally posted by Nick1986

Was it smoothbore or rifled, and how many were made?
They were rifled, Nick, but as yet I have no idea as to how many were made.
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Here's a more typical wall-gun of the same period, together with a standard musket. The wallgun has a hook on the barrel so it can be rested against a wall, fence, or embankment
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The Tibetans used wallguns (or long barreled muskets) against the British. I once saw one in a museum (Norwich regimental, i think) that was taller than me
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1781 Henry Nock wallgun
http://www.ambroseantiques.com/flongarms/wallgun.htm
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