Transportation+&+Weaponry

The **Spanish Carrack** was a sail powered, “U” shaped vessel. It had the capacity to sail 80 miiles in a day ,was stable emough to carry cannons and still had enough room for storing transport goods. Its high sides made it alomost impossible for smaller vessels to boards and attack it. (spanish carrack)http://www.mariner.org/exploration/mm_images/G1015O77_3_Victoria_large.jpg
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The **Spanish Galleon** was a longer and narrower vessel than the carrack. It had the capacity to have more powerful cannons because of it shape, the ship wouldnt capsize. (Spanish galleon)http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/351/351images/galleon.jpg []
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Cannons - made of stone or metal

Crossbows -shot arrows at higher velocity than bow

Pike -Long 5-6m spiked tipped poles -used to repel horsemen

Halberd-- a wooden pole, 2m long and spiked with a blade atteched to one side 2m long wooden pole with a spike and blade attached to one side of blade

Harquebus- -It weighed 6kgs and could only shoot up to 100m, about 1m long and could fire 3 shots per minute

Musket-bigger and heavier than a harquebus, was 1.5m in length and had to be held up by a stand. It also could only shoot once a minute. ( [] )

Swords

Bayonet -a sharp spike,knife or dagger designed to fit over a rifle for close combat Back to The Decline of the People – the Later Years page