Change:  Cannon of the era of the Golden Age of Piracy were mounted on 4-wheeled carriages as pictured at right. This allowed the gun to recoil   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 995)

Change: swivel gunTypes of Shot:Cannons had different types of shot for different purposes, here are a few.Grapesmall round balls, great antipersonnel weaponChainTwo balls connected by a chain which would spin in flight, commonly used to cut mastsexplodingball filled with gunpowderballHeavy   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 149)

Change: Starreally nasty type of shot, a ball with four hemispheres connected by chains, when fired would the hemispheres would fly apart and spin, cutting through wood and flesh with ease.Otherwhen all hope was lost, almost anything could be loaded into a cannon and fired, plates, tableware, whatever.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 128)

Change:  Swords & DaggersWEAPON + DEFINITIONPHOTOSCutlassRapierBroadswordDaggerAxGuns/FirearmsWEAPON + DEFINITIONPHOTOSMusketBlunderbussFlintlock PistolMusketoonCannon   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 21)

Change: Swords & DaggersWEAPON + DEFINITIONPHOTOSCutlassRapierBroadswordGuns/FirearmsWEAPON + DEFINITIONPHOTOSMusketBlunderbuss   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 15)

Change: Swords & DaggersTYPE OF WEAPONPHOTOSCutlassRapierBroadswordGuns/FirearmsTYPE OF WEAPONPHOTOSMusketBlunderbuss   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 17)

Change: Created by DirtyBess Apr 11 2007, 3:24 PM EDT for: no reason given