The Weapons and Equipment of the Dutch Colonists: Revolver, arquebus gun, and Du

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      In the 17th century, the Dutch army’s weapons were overwhelmingly superior to those of Zheng’s army. At that time, Dutch military officers were equipped with iron helmets, Dutch swords and revolvers. The revolver is made of metal and wood. It needs to move the Bullet reel or pull open Bullet trigger to complete per shooting. Apart from that, the Dutch soldiers who fought with Zheng‘s troops have generally begun to use harquebus . This kind of muskets is improved from small cannon and has the power of Long-range lethality. at that time Dutch cannons, called "Hong Yi cannons" by the Chinese, were made of cast iron or bronze and long range, fierce fire, High firing accuracy.

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