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In the 17th and 18th centuries, how did Europe's firearm industry compare to gun manufacture in the Middle East and Asia?
>>1365177
The best guns were made in Japan, but after Nobunaga died, Japan turned inwards and banned the technology. Apart from the Japs, oriental gunmaking never really took off, the Chinks had gunpowder based weapons but nothing that could compare with even a simple musket, let alone the high quality flintlock / snaphaunce weapons being made by the 18th century.
>>1365185
>but after Nobunaga died,
You mean after Tokugawa took power.
>banned the technology
Never happened.
>>1365177
english and german guns were highly praised, but india churned out ammo and gunpowder so much they exported it to europe, and had the capacity to manufacture fucktons of artilery and firearms too
ottomans had specialised manufactures set up near border regions, and loads of gunsmiths in urban areas, but they were mostly best known for how decorative and exotic they are, not so much how well they stand up to european quality
