Quote Originally Posted by Galloglaich View Post
Surprising how fast they can shoot one of those handgonnes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD6SbAzdvc8

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Yeah, but he's loading from premeasured chargers, instead of a powder flask. Laying everything out in front of you does help. Also the shortness of the barrel on those old hand gonnes helps a lot, as it greatly reduces the time for ramming. Nevertheless, with a similar amount of preparedness in a static position, like defending a town or castle wall, that's probably pretty close to what could be done in actual fighting.