龙铳
龙铳是雷筒的缩短版，其特点也是短身管、大口径，枪口呈喇叭状，而且在很多情况下枪的整个内膛都呈喇叭状[1][2]。龙铳是龍騎兵的常用武器，重量轻、易使用的优势使得该武器便于在马背上使用。[3]
早期龙铳都是较短的簧輪槍。之所以被冠以“龙”的名字，是因为其枪口经常装饰有龙头。当时的人们有给所有使用火药的武器冠以独特名称的习惯，如蛇砲、蛇枪和隼砲。[4]龙铳只在短距离内有效，射击远距离目标时几乎无准度。[1][2]
参考文献
- ^ 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