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Puckle Guns (ETW unit)

Puckle Guns
Puckle Guns
Category: Artillery
Class: Foot Artillery
Men: 6 / 12 / 18 / 24
Guns: 4
Range: 150
Accuracy: 40
Reloading skill: 25
Melee attack: 6
Charge bonus: 6
Defence: 4
Morale: 3
Unit limit: 6
Turns to train: 1
Recruitment cost: 790
Upkeep cost: 190
Requires
Building (minimum level)
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Ordnance Board

The Puckle gun is a tripod-mounted repeating heavy musket or small cannon, capable of rapid fire.

It achieves this by using pre-loaded breech chambers that are rotated into line with the barrel, fired and then a new chamber is positioned for the next shot. All this is achieved mechanically, by the operator revolving a handle at the back of the piece. As long as loaded magazines are available for the piece, a puckle gun can be kept in rapid fire action!

Historically, James Puckle’s “defence gun” was not a huge success, partly because the engineering of 1718 simply wasn't up to the task of producing components with fine tolerances. His gun had promise, though, as it could fire shots around three times faster than a well-trained fusilier. One odd feature of the design was the two versions offered to potential customers: a round barrel fired conventional bullets for shooting at Christian (but not Protestant) enemies, while a second barrel was offered that fired square bullets (that allegedly did more damage) for use against Turks and similar unwelcome infidels. The British Royal Navy never bought any, and other users were equally reluctant to part with their money. Puckle’s career as a gunsmith ended in failure for him and his investors.

Abilities

Can hide in woodland
Slow-moving

Technological abilities

Gabionade

Available for:

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Austria France Great Britain Poland-Lithuania Prussia
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Russia Spain Sweden United Provinces United States

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