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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Muzeum_Diecezjalne_-_06.JPG/220px-Muzeum_Diecezjalne_-_06.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Muzeum_Diecezjalne_-_06.JPG/330px-Muzeum_Diecezjalne_-_06.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Muzeum_Diecezjalne_-_06.JPG/440px-Muzeum_Diecezjalne_-_06.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>A pair of early dragons from Poland fitted with the <a href="/wiki/Miquelet_lock" title="Miquelet lock">miquelet lock</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dragon_pistol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dragon_pistol.jpg/220px-Dragon_pistol.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dragon_pistol.jpg/330px-Dragon_pistol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Dragon_pistol.jpg/440px-Dragon_pistol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="257" /></a><figcaption>A dragon, found at a <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cerro_Gordo" title="Battle of Cerro Gordo">battlefield in Cerro Gordo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Veracruz" title="Veracruz">Veracruz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a></figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>dragon</b> is a shortened version of <a href="/wiki/Blunderbuss" title="Blunderbuss">blunderbuss</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Firearm" title="Firearm">firearm</a> with a short, large <a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">caliber</a> <a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">barrel</a> which is flared at the <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_(firearms)" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzzle (firearms)">muzzle</a> and frequently throughout the entire bore.<sup id="cite_ref-scott_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mildict_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mildict-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dragons were typically issued to <a href="/wiki/Dragoon" title="Dragoon">dragoon</a> <a href="/wiki/Cavalry" title="Cavalry">cavalry</a>, who needed a lightweight, easily handled firearm to use while mounted.<sup id="cite_ref-pennarchives_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pennarchives-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon_(firearm)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term <i>dragon</i> is taken from the fact that early versions were decorated with a carving in the form of a mythical <a href="/wiki/Dragon" title="Dragon">dragon</a>'s head around the muzzle; the <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_blast" title="Muzzle blast">muzzle blast</a> would then give the impression of a fire-breathing dragon.<sup id="cite_ref-mildict_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mildict-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_description">History and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon_(firearm)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Early dragons were short <a href="/wiki/Wheellock" title="Wheellock">wheellock</a> 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It is called a dragon because the muzzle is decorated with a dragon's head. The practice comes from a time when all gunpowder weapons had distinctive names, including the <a href="/wiki/Culverin" title="Culverin">culverin</a>, serpentine, falcon, and <a href="/wiki/Falconet_(cannon)" title="Falconet (cannon)">falconet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The dragon was effective only at short range, lacking accuracy at long range.<sup id="cite_ref-scott_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mildict_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mildict-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Nusantara_(archipelago)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nusantara (archipelago)">Nusantara archipelago</a>, the weapon is called a tarkul, terakul, or terakol,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Template:Which_lang" title="Template:Which lang"><span title="An editor could not identify the correct language for tagging this word or phrase. (August 2024)">what language is this?</span></a></i>]</sup> and seems to have been preferred by cavalry due to its size. The term may refer to a blunderbuss in pistol form, but can also refer to the flintlock musket.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 211">: 211 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5">: 5 </span></sup> They used a <a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">flintlock</a> mechanism, and might be derived from <a href="/wiki/Snaphance" title="Snaphance">Dutch flintlocks</a> which entered the area in the 17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 64">: 64 </span></sup> However, it is possible that this weapon was only popular among local warriors in more recent times — the terakul was only recorded in <i><a href="/wiki/Tuhfat_al-Nafis" title="Tuhfat al-Nafis">Tuhfat al-Nafis</a></i> from the 1860s.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 211–212">: 211–212 </span></sup> The manuscript mentioned that Bugis troops with <a href="/wiki/Chain_mail" title="Chain mail">chain mail</a> and armed with <i>terakul pemburas</i> (dragon-blunderbusses) defeated Raja Kechil's troops armed with cannons and swords in 1721 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span 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Clowes & Sons. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/militarydictiona00voyliala/page/43">43</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/militarydictiona00voyliala/page/114">114</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Military+Dictionary&rft.pages=43%2C+114&rft.pub=W.+Clowes+%26+Sons&rft.date=1876&rft.au=George+Elliot+Voyle%2C+G.+de+Saint-Clair-Stevenson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmilitarydictiona00voyliala&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADragon+%28firearm%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pennarchives-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pennarchives_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCharles_Francis_Hoban1853" class="citation book cs1">Charles Francis Hoban (1853). <i>Pennsylvania Archives</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pennsylvania+Archives&rft.date=1853&rft.au=Charles+Francis+Hoban&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADragon+%28firearm%29" class="Z3988"></span>, page 324, from a letter dated March 7, 1778</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">p. 333, Bismark</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:3-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:3_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:3_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIsmail2012" class="citation book cs1">Ismail, Norain B.T. 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A workshop paper in <i>Wacana Manuskrip Melayu Siri 1</i> (2019).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWan_Hasbullah2014" class="citation journal cs1">Wan Hasbullah, Wan Mohd Dasuki (2014). 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O. (1932). "A Malay History of Riau and Johore". <i>Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society</i>. <b>10</b> (2).</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+the+Malayan+Branch+of+the+Royal+Asiatic+Society&rft.atitle=A+Malay+History+of+Riau+and+Johore&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=2&rft.date=1932&rft.aulast=Winstedt&rft.aufirst=R.+O.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADragon+%28firearm%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dragon_(firearm)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/40px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/60px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg/80px-Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Look up <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dragon" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:dragon">dragon</a></b></i> or <i><b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dragoon" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:dragoon">dragoon</a></b></i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFvon_Bismark1855" class="citation book cs1">von Bismark, Graf Friedrich Wilhelm (1855). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=s28DAAAAYAAJ"><i>On the Uses and Application of Cavalry in War from the Text of Bismark: With Practical Examples Selected from Ancient and Modern History</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/North_Ludlow_Beamish" title="North Ludlow Beamish">North Ludlow Beamish</a> (translator). 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rifled musket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musket" title="Musket">Musket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musketoon" title="Musketoon">Musketoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potzdam_musket" class="mw-redirect" title="Potzdam musket">Potzdam musket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1752_Musket" title="M1752 Musket">Spanish M1752 musket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_musket" title="Springfield musket">Springfield musket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_gun" title="Wall gun">Wall gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xun_Lei_Chong" title="Xun Lei Chong">Xun Lei Chong spear five barrel revolver musket</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Early <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abus_gun" title="Abus gun">Abus</a></li> <li><a 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title="Fauconneau">Fauconneau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_artillery_in_the_Middle_Ages" title="Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages">Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_weapons_in_the_Song_dynasty" title="Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty">Gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hongyipao" title="Hongyipao">Hongyipao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hu_dun_pao" title="Hu dun pao">Hu Dun Pao cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_cannon" title="Korean cannon">Korean cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lantaka" title="Lantaka">Lantaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lela_(cannon)" title="Lela (cannon)">Lela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mortar_(siege_cannon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mortar (siege cannon)">Mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obusier_de_vaisseau" title="Obusier de vaisseau">Obusier de vaisseau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organ_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ gun">Organ gun</a></li> <li><a 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