Swedish Leather Gun deal hailing from what is largely

hailing from what is largely modern Romania

1 metal Short 25pdr artillery piece

Transport: 18 men

Contains 1 metal handler and 3 metal mules

Pack contains 2 metal figures

Swedish Leather Gun deal hailing from what is largelyThe 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,