Swedish Leather Gun deal so the chance to strike

so the chance to strike back at traditional enemies meant many men were formed into regular pike and shot units

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Swedish Leather Gun deal so the chance to strikeThe leather cannon, or leather gun, was designed from the desire to build a light and cost effective weapon that would help fill the gap between the portable musket an the more static heavy cannons in use at the time. The gun's odd name comes from the varnished leather that acted as a protective surface layer of the piece. Swiss and Austrian engineers were believed to have been the first to develop the Leather Gun. King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden,