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Pawel Nazarewicz wrote (...) or (...) Thanks heaps. Always nice to have someone looking out for you. (...) Sounds interesting. (...) problem (...) models (...) Now I'm guessing that by guns you are not referring to the great, big, lovely, glorious, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Richard Parsons (<FozrM1.F2x@lugnet.com>) wrote at 11:22:01 (...) Yes, the Pirate stuff tends to be a bit later in history. Castles actually stretch into this period, but taking pirates back to when there were no guns leaves you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Avast Ye Swabbies!! There be plenty of precedent for a cannon armed ship without the hand guns. Henry VIII's 'Mary Rose' had lots of guns and the men were armed with pikes, swords and bows. Obviously the new set is in the transition age (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) As long as there were wooden ships, boarding pike and axe, along with the sword, continued as weapons. The ships transitioned away from the high fore and stern castles as the emphasis grew on the actual cannon. Without cannon, the ships are (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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(...) Pirate models without cannon, musket and pistol would be like castle models without swords and horses. It just isn't the same. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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