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Macintosh Picture Format  |  1997-02-28  |  32KB  |  432x324  |  8-bit (135 colors)

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OCR: Firing Musket About the Musket This crude firearm, of the rifle is believed to have originated in Russia during the 1400s In 1521 the musket was successfully used Jouodeam war in Spanish explorer Cortes' conquest of Mexica Musketeers, soldiers armed with muskets had to fight on foat beca use their 6-foat .8- -rm) guns were taa heavy and awk kward to be used on horseback Because the loading and firing f musk ets was lengthy process, musketeers had to protected by spike-carrying soldiers called pikemen aMusket weapon Mexico foot ward horsebacl leng protec

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