Saddle Mounted Cannon, 1860s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 18.9 x 14.8 cm (7 7/16 x 5 13/16 in. ), Photographs, Unknown (French), The zamburak (Persian for 'little wasp') was a saddle-mounted cannon used in cavalry warfare in Central and Southeast Asia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Deployed not for accuracy but to disrupt enemy formations, the cannons were attached to pivots and fired directly from a camel’s back with the animal on its knees
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Saddle Mounted Cannon, 1860s, Albumen silver print, glass negative, 18.9 x 14.8 cm, 7 7/16 5 13/16, Photographs, Unknown, French, zamburak, Persian, little wasp, saddle-mounted cannon, cavalry warfare, Central, Southeast Asia, eighteenth, nineteenth centuries, Deployed, accuracy, disrupt enemy, formations, cannons, attached, pivots, fired directly, camel, back, animal, knees
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