10th June 2016, 11:16 PM | #1 |
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The Camel and Heavy Weapons.
I note that detail of Camel mounted weapons is missing from Library and hope to put that right ...The camel has long been used for transporting men and materiel to and from the battlefront...Not much is written about their use as weapon platforms or heavy weapons carriers....til now.
Understandably heavy weaponry would be best not fired as the camel was standing up or moving but sat down (kneeling) and tethered I can imagine a fairly solid platform was achievable. Mughal Artillery, however, it is claimed, used lighter Camel artillery whilst moving; "Camel guns" Shutarnal and "swivel guns" Zamburak, on the other hand, were carried on camel-back and were fired while mounted. Other light guns were mounted on wheeled carts, pulled by oxen or horses. See http://www.heliograph.com/trmgs/trmgs2/camel.shtml See also http://www.desertusa.com/animals/des...xperiment.html Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 10th June 2016 at 11:46 PM. |
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