Editing Swivel gun

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[[File:AC4 Swivel gun.jpg|thumb|150px|A swivel gun installed on the ''Jackdaw'']]
The '''swivel gun''' is a small [[Ship|naval]] [[cannon]] mounted on a rotating post which allows it to pivot for a wide arc of fire.

==Design=
With a higher rate-of-fire, the swivel gun was used throughout the 18th century as an anti-infantry emplacement on the quarterdecks of warships to supplement the larger main cannons. Although it boasted less destructive force against anything larger than a [[schooner]], a single shot from a swivel gun was generally sufficient to sink [[gunboat]]s. With their greater mobility, it was also a common tactic to use swivel guns to precisely target any gunpowder storage that had been exposed through an enemy's ship hull in the heat of battle.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref><ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref><ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref>

==History==
The early 18th century [[piracy|pirate]] and later [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Edward Kenway]] installed a pair of swivel guns on his ship the ''[[Jackdaw]]'', as did the Assassin-turned-[[Templars|Templar]] [[Shay Cormac]] on his ship the ''[[Morrigan]]''.<ref name="AC4" /> The Assassin warship ''[[Aquila]]'' captained by Edward's grandson [[Ratonhnhaké:ton]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]] also featured a pair of swivel guns, and he used it to devastating effect against British [[frigate]]s at the [[Battle of the Chesapeake]].<ref name="Battle of the Chesapeake">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[Battle of the Chesapeake (memory)|Battle of the Chesapeake]]</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''

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