Fernando, indeed they are wrong about the "Portuguese" piece. Lacking the linguistic skills you have, when I began research on this last year I wanted to see what the Portuguese used for their mountain artillery, since to me that was the quickest way to prove or disprove things. Steven Smith, a very active participant in the Napoleon Series forum, found photos of the Portuguese mountain guns and they are completely different in form from the heavily-engraved Spanish howitzer. I've searched high and low and found no Portuguese piece that resembled this one even slightly.
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