Hackbut and Petronel, mid 16th Century Tudor firearms


Illustration from Blackie's history of England published 1896. Figure no 1 represents a Hackbut, no 2 an enlarged lock of a hackbut, no 3 a Petronel that belonged to Henry VIII. Specimens from the Tower armoury.


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