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matchlock

شَعِيلَة المُفَرْقَعَةِ

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The matchlock had several disadvantages due to it being slow to reload and the occasional accidental ignition of gunpowder stores. en.wikipedia.org

The wheellock was used along with the matchlock until both were replaced by the simpler and less-costly flintlock, by the late 17th century. en.wikipedia.org

Early matchlock and wheel lock mechanisms were replaced by later flintlock mechanisms and finally percussion locks. en.wikipedia.org

Types of lock include snaplock, matchlock, wheellock, flintlock, modern percussion, rotating bolt, and experimental electronic types. en.wikipedia.org

It quickly replaced earlier technologies, such as the matchlock and wheellock. en.wikipedia.org

A standard cavalryman was armed with a spear, matchlock, and scimitar. en.wikipedia.org

Until the middle of the 16th century, they were fired by a matchlock mechanism, after which the newer wheellock mechanisms were used instead. en.wikipedia.org

The term firelock was originally applied, as the name suggests, to the matchlock, but was later successively applied to the wheellock and then the flintlock as each was invented. en.wikipedia.org

An alternative to the matchlock in the earlier period was the wheellock mechanism. en.wikipedia.org

The front was stiffened by 5,000 matchlock men. en.wikipedia.org

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