Wheellock hunting rifle, Austria, 1647 AD

https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/radschlossgewehr-373835-1

Wheellock hunting rifle, Austria, 1647 AD

https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/radschlossgewehr-373835-1

Flintlock pistol, England, ~1660 AD

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.
#MedievalWeapons #HiddenHistory #AncientTech #Archaeology #HistoryMystery #Gunpowder
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)