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{{Quote|Master Puckle's gun fires more shots than an artillery brigade, and twice as fast.|Le Chasseur describing the Puckle gun, 1754.|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}} | {{Quote|Master Puckle's gun fires more shots than an artillery brigade, and twice as fast.|Le Chasseur describing the Puckle gun, 1754.|Assassin's Creed: Rogue}} | ||
[[File:One Little Victory 3.png|thumb|250px|Liam O'Brien and a sailor mounting a Puckle gun on the ''Morrigan'']] | [[File:One Little Victory 3.png|thumb|250px|Liam O'Brien and a sailor mounting a Puckle gun on the ''Morrigan'']] | ||
The '''Puckle gun''' was a weapon invented by [[James Puckle]], an [[England|Englishman]], in 1718. | The '''Puckle gun''' was a weapon invented by [[James Puckle]], an [[England|Englishman]], in 1718. It was a flintlock light cannon fed using a detachable revolver cylinder with a gas-seal breech. | ||
[[Le Chasseur]], a [[France|French]] spy also operating for the [[Assassins]], was able to steal a blueprint from a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Ships|ship]] that had detailed instructions on assembling the [[Cannons|cannon]]. This allowed Le Chasseur to build the weapon on [[Shay Cormac]]'s ship, the ''[[Morrigan]]''. | [[Le Chasseur]], a [[France|French]] spy also operating for the [[Assassins]], was able to steal a blueprint from a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Ships|ship]] that had detailed instructions on assembling the [[Cannons|cannon]]. This allowed Le Chasseur to build the weapon on [[Shay Cormac]]'s ship, the ''[[Morrigan]]''. | ||
Revision as of 06:04, 22 July 2020
- "Master Puckle's gun fires more shots than an artillery brigade, and twice as fast."
- ―Le Chasseur describing the Puckle gun, 1754.[src]
The Puckle gun was a weapon invented by James Puckle, an Englishman, in 1718. It was a flintlock light cannon fed using a detachable revolver cylinder with a gas-seal breech.
Le Chasseur, a French spy also operating for the Assassins, was able to steal a blueprint from a British ship that had detailed instructions on assembling the cannon. This allowed Le Chasseur to build the weapon on Shay Cormac's ship, the Morrigan.
Trivia
- The Puckle gun's construction was hinted at by Woodes Rogers in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, during the memory Mister Walpole, I Presume?.
- Historically, the Puckle gun was never used in naval ships nor it saw combat at all since the British High Command regarded it as a clumsy gun when it was introduced. In Fort Frederick, Puckle guns are seen mounted but the British in real life never used such a gun before.
- In real life, the Puckle gun operates more like a single-action revolver than a machine gun. After each shot, the cylinder is unlocked, rotated to the next chamber by hand, and re-locked for the next shot.