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swivel gun

small cannon mounted on swivel for ease aiming
Class type of: cannon Q1256431

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
weapon type
Subclass of
cannon[2]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en swivel gun ar مدفع بمرود da Svingbasse de Drehbrasse de Drehbasse es Pedrero fi Kiertohakatykki fr pierrier he תותח סביבול id Senapan putar id Lela id Meriam putar id Rentaka it archibusone ja 旋回砲 ko 선회포 nl draaibas pl folgerz pl folgierz ru вертлюжное орудие
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Exposition of room 2.1 of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (01).jpg ↗
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/pedrero
Freebase ID
/m/056dzx
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/5CD286B4-4E8D-455C-A890-98A9D1631601

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Named after 1
Pierrer
Subclass of 1
cannon
Subtypes 1
rentaka
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Summary

swivel gun is a weapon type[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for swivel gun include Pierrer[4], a destroyer[5].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Pierrer[4], a destroyer[5].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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