STRANGE WEAPON??

kronckew · 14th July 2015, 11:44 PM

tipu sultan attacked the brits with metal tubed rockets that used old sword blades as the 'stabilizing' tail as well as the active weapon. apparently on impact they spun around wildly and did a great amount of damage.

could the tube be used to attach to a rocket's tail?

trenchwarfare · 16th July 2015, 03:52 PM

Page 33 of Louis Winant's "Firearms Curiosa" shows a similar weapon, but percussion. It is either a pistol in the form of a Dha, or a Dha in the form of a pistol. I have actually seen one of these. A guy used to bring one to the Dallas Militaria Show. He referred to it as a Malay pirate pistol.

Raf · 17th July 2015, 09:35 AM

A while ago I posted this barrel in the European forum. It had been faked up as a European matchlock so the pan and cover are modern. The muzzle looked Indian but the strange lump to the breech and the apparent absence of an original flashpan isnt something normally seen on Indian matchlocks. I posted it because I thought the breech might have originally terminated in a spike or socket , as in very early European hand guns , or if it was Indian could be evidence that the very earliest Indian matchlocks were tiller guns. That is barrels terminating in a long forged spike . The example above suggests an alternative explanation ; that it is the remains of a combination weapon, in view of the length of the barrel possibly an axe.

17th July 2015, 09:35 AM	#3
Raf Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 252	A while ago I posted this barrel in the European forum. It had been faked up as a European matchlock so the pan and cover are modern. The muzzle looked Indian but the strange lump to the breech and the apparent absence of an original flashpan isnt something normally seen on Indian matchlocks. I posted it because I thought the breech might have originally terminated in a spike or socket , as in very early European hand guns , or if it was Indian could be evidence that the very earliest Indian matchlocks were tiller guns. That is barrels terminating in a long forged spike . The example above suggests an alternative explanation ; that it is the remains of a combination weapon, in view of the length of the barrel possibly an axe. Attached Images

14th July 2015, 11:44 PM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	tipu sultan attacked the brits with metal tubed rockets that used old sword blades as the 'stabilizing' tail as well as the active weapon. apparently on impact they spun around wildly and did a great amount of damage. could the tube be used to attach to a rocket's tail?

16th July 2015, 03:52 PM	#2
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	Page 33 of Louis Winant's "Firearms Curiosa" shows a similar weapon, but percussion. It is either a pistol in the form of a Dha, or a Dha in the form of a pistol. I have actually seen one of these. A guy used to bring one to the Dallas Militaria Show. He referred to it as a Malay pirate pistol.