Early modern grenade-rifles, Germany, 16th-18th century AD

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_Modern_Grenade_Rifles,_Bayerisches_Nationalmuseum,_M%C3%BCnchen._Pic_01.jpg

Early modern grenade-rifles, Germany, 16th-18th century AD

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Early_Modern_Grenade_Rifles,_Bayerisches_Nationalmuseum,_M%C3%BCnchen._Pic_01.jpg

A tiny bronze fragment found in Germany may be Europe’s oldest handgun, dating to 1390. If confirmed, it rewrites how early gunpowder weapons spread across medieval Europe.
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Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/oldest-handgun-europe-00102588

Combination pistol-falchion (sword), Germany, ~1580 AD

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pistol_falchion-J_361-IMG_0886-black.jpg

Combination pistol-falchion (sword), Germany, ~1580 AD

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pistol_falchion-J_361-IMG_0886-black.jpg

Sketch of an ambush near the woods (Sebastiaan Vrancx, ~1610 AD)

Sketch of an ambush near the woods (Sebastiaan Vrancx, ~1610 AD)

Sketch of an ambush near the woods (Sebastiaan Vrancx, ~1610 AD)

Wheellock pistol made for a boy, Germany, ~1600 AD

https://www.peterfiner.com/artworks/item/2266

Wheellock pistol made for a boy, Germany, ~1600 AD

https://www.peterfiner.com/artworks/item/2266