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	[[File:AC3L-DoubleBarrelPistol.png\|thumb\|250px\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]] with twin barrels atop one another]]		[[File:AC3L-DoubleBarrelPistol.png\|thumb\|250px\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]] with twin barrels atop one another]]
	A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants ~~of volley guns~~ are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.		A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel, where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.

	==Description==		==Description==
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	==History==		==History==
			The first volley gun was created during the [[Middle Ages]] in the form of the {{Wiki\|ribauldequin}}, which was employed by the [[England\|English]] during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. Although more multi-barrel weapons were developed in the following centuries, they were rarely ever used, as they were relatively expensive and, in practice, were not much more useful than a regular [[cannon]] firing {{Wiki\|grapeshot}}.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Volley gun}}</ref>

	[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|225px\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]		[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|225px\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]
	In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Qing dynasty\|Qing Empire]]'s [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>		In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Qing dynasty\|Qing Empire]]'s [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>

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	==History==		==History==
	[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|225px\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]		[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|225px\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]
	In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>		In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Qing dynasty\|Qing Empire]]'s [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>

	Hand-sized volley guns became common in markets across [[Europe]] and its colonies in the [[Americas]] after the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref name="AC3" /><ref name="ACU" /><ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> The basic [[Pepperbox Pistol]]s and [[Double-Barreled Pistol]]s were a mainstay of stores in [[New Orleans]] from at least 1765 to the end of the century.<ref name="AC3L" /> Duckfoot pistols arrived in the general stores of [[British Empire\|British colonial]] cities like [[Boston]] and [[New York City\|New York]] in 1773 and double-barrel pistols in 1777 during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="AC3" /> By the time of the [[French Revolution]], many variants of pepperbox and duckfoot pistols were produced and sold in [[Paris]]ian markets.<ref name="ACU" />		Hand-sized volley guns became common in markets across [[Europe]] and its colonies in the [[Americas]] after the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref name="AC3" /><ref name="ACU" /><ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> The basic [[Pepperbox Pistol]]s and [[Double-Barreled Pistol]]s were a mainstay of stores in [[New Orleans]] from at least 1765 to the end of the century.<ref name="AC3L" /> Duckfoot pistols arrived in the general stores of [[British Empire\|British colonial]] cities like [[Boston]] and [[New York City\|New York]] in 1773 and double-barrel pistols in 1777 during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="AC3" /> By the time of the [[French Revolution]], many variants of pepperbox and duckfoot pistols were produced and sold in [[Paris]]ian markets.<ref name="ACU" />

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	==History==		==History==
	[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|~~220px~~\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]		[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|225px\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]
	In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>		In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>

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	==History==		==History==
	[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|220px\|Three volley guns ~~built by Yun Pyeong-Gyu~~]]		[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|220px\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]
	In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], ~~the [[Korea]]n engineer~~ [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built ~~a number of~~ volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", ~~which came~~ to the ~~Union members~~' ~~aid on several occasions, including during a fight against~~ [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]],<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> ~~and during an altercation with~~ the [[Rattan Shield Company]] ~~and~~ the [[~~Shimazu clan~~]] ~~near the~~ [[~~Sultanate of Sulu~~]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>		In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>

	~~Volley~~ guns became common in markets across [[Europe]] and its colonies in the [[Americas]] after the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref name="AC3" /><ref name="ACU" /><ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> The basic [[Pepperbox Pistol]]s and [[Double-Barreled Pistol]]s were a mainstay of stores in [[New Orleans]] from at least 1765 to the end of the century.<ref name="AC3L" /> Duckfoot pistols arrived in the general stores of [[British Empire\|British colonial]] cities like [[Boston]] and [[New York City\|New York]] in 1773 and double-barrel pistols in 1777 during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="AC3" /> By the time of the [[French Revolution]], many variants of pepperbox and duckfoot pistols were produced and sold in [[Paris]]ian markets.<ref name="ACU" />		Hand-sized volley guns became common in markets across [[Europe]] and its colonies in the [[Americas]] after the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref name="AC3" /><ref name="ACU" /><ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> The basic [[Pepperbox Pistol]]s and [[Double-Barreled Pistol]]s were a mainstay of stores in [[New Orleans]] from at least 1765 to the end of the century.<ref name="AC3L" /> Duckfoot pistols arrived in the general stores of [[British Empire\|British colonial]] cities like [[Boston]] and [[New York City\|New York]] in 1773 and double-barrel pistols in 1777 during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="AC3" /> By the time of the [[French Revolution]], many variants of pepperbox and duckfoot pistols were produced and sold in [[Paris]]ian markets.<ref name="ACU" />

	Eventually, firearm technology advanced and rendered volley guns obsolete. By the latter half of the 19th century, self-reloading firearms which can automatically chamber new cartridges with each trigger-pull had been invented. These took the form of [[revolver]]s and other semi-automatic guns.<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>		Eventually, firearm technology advanced and rendered volley guns obsolete. By the latter half of the 19th century, self-reloading firearms which can automatically chamber new cartridges with each trigger-pull had been invented. These took the form of [[revolver]]s and other semi-automatic guns.<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

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	[[Category:Firearms]]		[[Category:Firearms]]
	[[Category:Types of firearms]]		[[Category:Types of firearms]]
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	[[File:AC3L-DoubleBarrelPistol.png\|thumb\|250px\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]] with twin barrels atop one another]]		[[File:AC3L-DoubleBarrelPistol.png\|thumb\|250px\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]] with twin barrels atop one another]]
	A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants of volley guns are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.		A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants of volley guns are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.

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	[[File:AC3L-DoubleBarrelPistol.png\|thumb\|250px\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]] with twin barrels atop one another.]]		[[File:AC3L-DoubleBarrelPistol.png\|thumb\|250px\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]] with twin barrels atop one another]]
	A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants of volley guns are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.		A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants of volley guns are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.

	==Description==		==Description==
	~~[[File:ACU Arno's Pistol render.PNG\|thumb\|200px\|[[Arno's Pistol\|Six-barrel pistol]] of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]].]]~~
	Prior to the 19th century, conventional firearms could only fire one round before needing to be reloaded. The vast majority of these firearms operated via the flintlock mechanism which required a lengthy procedure of priming the weapon and {{wiki\|ramrod\|ramming}} down the powder, wadding, and shot to reload. This severely impeded the rate-of-fire of early firearms, especially when compared to the more ancient and simpler [[bow]].<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>		Prior to the 19th century, conventional firearms could only fire one round before needing to be reloaded. The vast majority of these firearms operated via the flintlock mechanism which required a lengthy procedure of priming the weapon and {{wiki\|ramrod\|ramming}} down the powder, wadding, and shot to reload. This severely impeded the rate-of-fire of early firearms, especially when compared to the more ancient and simpler [[bow]].<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

			[[File:ACU Arno's Pistol render.PNG\|thumb\|200px\|left\|The [[Arno's Pistol\|six-barrel pistol]] of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]]]]
	Gunsmiths of the 18th century sought ways to rectify this issue, and the most obvious solution with the technology they had was to simply incorporate additional barrels onto firearms, resulting in the invention of the volley gun. Volley guns are guns, most often [[pistol]]s, which are designed with more than one barrel so that its wielder may fire more than one shot before having to reload the weapon. They come in two variants: those which fire the barrels in succession and those which fire the barrels simultaneously with one trigger-pull.<ref name="AC3" />		Gunsmiths of the 18th century sought ways to rectify this issue, and the most obvious solution with the technology they had was to simply incorporate additional barrels onto firearms, resulting in the invention of the volley gun. Volley guns are guns, most often [[pistol]]s, which are designed with more than one barrel so that its wielder may fire more than one shot before having to reload the weapon. They come in two variants: those which fire the barrels in succession and those which fire the barrels simultaneously with one trigger-pull.<ref name="AC3" />

	~~[[File:ACU Three-Shot Duck Foot render.PNG\|thumb\|left\|200px\|[[Three-Shot Duck Foot\|Three-barreled duckfoot pistol]].]]~~
	Initial designs of the former led to the [[Double-Barrel Pistol]], but ambitious gunsmiths continued to create guns with increasing number of barrels, culminating in the popular [[pepperbox pistol]]s. The [[Gold-Plated Pistol]], an example of a pepperbox pistol, boasted as many as nine barrels.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>		Initial designs of the former led to the [[Double-Barrel Pistol]], but ambitious gunsmiths continued to create guns with increasing number of barrels, culminating in the popular [[pepperbox pistol]]s. The [[Gold-Plated Pistol]], an example of a pepperbox pistol, boasted as many as nine barrels.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref>

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	==History==		==History==
			[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|220px\|Three volley guns built by Yun Pyeong-Gyu]]
			In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], the [[Korea]]n engineer [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built a number of volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", which came to the Union members' aid on several occasions, including during a fight against [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]],<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> and during an altercation with the [[Rattan Shield Company]] and the [[Shimazu clan]] near the [[Sultanate of Sulu]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>

	Volley guns became common in markets across [[Europe]] and its colonies in the [[Americas]] after the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref name="AC3" /><ref name="ACU" /><ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> The basic [[Pepperbox Pistol]]s and [[Double-Barreled Pistol]]s were a mainstay of stores in [[New Orleans]] from at least 1765 to the end of the century.<ref name="AC3L" /> Duckfoot pistols arrived in the general stores of [[British Empire\|British colonial]] cities like [[Boston]] and [[New York City\|New York]] in 1773 and double-barrel pistols in 1777 during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="AC3" /> By the time of the [[French Revolution]], many variants of pepperbox and duckfoot pistols were produced and sold in [[Paris]]ian markets.<ref name="ACU" />		Volley guns became common in markets across [[Europe]] and its colonies in the [[Americas]] after the [[Seven Years' War]].<ref name="AC3" /><ref name="ACU" /><ref name="AC3L">''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''</ref><ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''</ref> The basic [[Pepperbox Pistol]]s and [[Double-Barreled Pistol]]s were a mainstay of stores in [[New Orleans]] from at least 1765 to the end of the century.<ref name="AC3L" /> Duckfoot pistols arrived in the general stores of [[British Empire\|British colonial]] cities like [[Boston]] and [[New York City\|New York]] in 1773 and double-barrel pistols in 1777 during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="AC3" /> By the time of the [[French Revolution]], many variants of pepperbox and duckfoot pistols were produced and sold in [[Paris]]ian markets.<ref name="ACU" />

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			<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
			AC3L-PepperboxPistol.png\|A [[Pepperbox Pistol]]
			AC3 Duckfoot Pistol.png\|A four-barreled [[Duckfoot Pistol]]
			AC3 Double-Barrel Pistol.png\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]]
			ACU American Flintlock render.PNG\|A four-barreled [[American Flintlock]]
			ACU Three-Shot Duck Foot render.PNG\|A [[Three-Shot Duck Foot\|three-barreled Duckfoot Pistol]]
			ACU Five-Shot Duck Foot.png\|A [[Five-Shot Duck Foot\|five-barreled Duckfoot Pistol]]
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	*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed III: Liberation]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''

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	[[File:ACU Arno's Pistol render.PNG\|thumb\|200px\|[[Arno's Pistol\|Six-barrel pistol]] of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]].]]		[[File:ACU Arno's Pistol render.PNG\|thumb\|200px\|[[Arno's Pistol\|Six-barrel pistol]] of the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins\|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]].]]
	Prior to the 19th century, conventional firearms could only fire one ~~[[shot\|~~round]] before needing to be reloaded. The vast majority of these firearms operated via the flintlock mechanism which required a lengthy procedure of priming the weapon and {{wiki\|ramrod\|ramming}} down the powder, wadding, and shot to reload. This severely impeded the rate-of-fire of early firearms, especially when compared to the more ancient and simpler [[bow]].<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>		Prior to the 19th century, conventional firearms could only fire one round before needing to be reloaded. The vast majority of these firearms operated via the flintlock mechanism which required a lengthy procedure of priming the weapon and {{wiki\|ramrod\|ramming}} down the powder, wadding, and shot to reload. This severely impeded the rate-of-fire of early firearms, especially when compared to the more ancient and simpler [[bow]].<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>

	Gunsmiths of the 18th century sought ways to rectify this issue, and the most obvious solution with the technology they had was to simply incorporate additional barrels onto firearms, resulting in the invention of the volley gun. Volley guns are guns, most often [[pistol]]s, which are designed with more than one barrel so that its wielder may fire more than one shot before having to reload the weapon. They come in two variants: those which fire the barrels in succession and those which fire the barrels simultaneously with one trigger-pull.<ref name="AC3" />		Gunsmiths of the 18th century sought ways to rectify this issue, and the most obvious solution with the technology they had was to simply incorporate additional barrels onto firearms, resulting in the invention of the volley gun. Volley guns are guns, most often [[pistol]]s, which are designed with more than one barrel so that its wielder may fire more than one shot before having to reload the weapon. They come in two variants: those which fire the barrels in succession and those which fire the barrels simultaneously with one trigger-pull.<ref name="AC3" />

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	A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants ~~of volley guns~~ are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.		A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel, where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.

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	==History==		==History==
			The first volley gun was created during the [[Middle Ages]] in the form of the {{Wiki\|ribauldequin}}, which was employed by the [[England\|English]] during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. Although more multi-barrel weapons were developed in the following centuries, they were rarely ever used, as they were relatively expensive and, in practice, were not much more useful than a regular [[cannon]] firing {{Wiki\|grapeshot}}.<ref name="Wiki">{{WP\|Volley gun}}</ref>

	[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|225px\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]		[[File:ACFT - Volley guns.png\|thumb\|225px\|Three of Yun's volley guns]]
	In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Qing dynasty\|Qing Empire]]'s [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>		In 1725, while working for the [[Zhawang Corporation\|Zhang Wei Union]], [[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] built several volley guns, referred to as either "''multi-barreled muskets''" or "''five-barreled cannons''", consisting of five gun barrels attached to a cart. As they were capable of firing up to five times before requiring reloading, and could even be used during extreme weather conditions, such as storms, when most firearms were rendered useless due to the wet [[gunpowder]], these volley guns ended up saving the ''[[Fenghuang]]''{{'}}s crew lives when they were ambushed by [[Rajah]]'s warriors on [[Monkey Island]].<ref name="FT 62">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 62\|Episode 62]]</ref> Later, the weapons were used again in a fight against the [[Qing dynasty\|Qing Empire]]'s [[Rattan Shield Company]], bombarding the soldiers with a volley of cannonfire, although most of them survived thanks to their [[shield]]s and [[armor]].<ref name="FT 82">''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple Episode 82\|Episode 82]]</ref>

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	[[File:AC3L-DoubleBarrelPistol.png\|thumb\|250px\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]] with twin barrels atop one another]]		[[File:AC3L-DoubleBarrelPistol.png\|thumb\|250px\|A [[Double-Barrel Pistol]] with twin barrels atop one another]]
	A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants of volley guns are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.		A '''volley gun''' is a [[firearm]] with more than one barrel where the barrels are designed to be either fired in succession or simultaneously. Two common variants of volley guns are the [[pepperbox pistol]] and the [[duckfoot pistol]], representing the former and latter firing patterns respectively. Guns of this type constituted an early attempt at designing firearms for multiple discharges without reloading and predated the development of {{wiki\|repeater}}s.