Pistols from Austria and Germany, 16th century, exhibited in Vienna…
According to the sources, Hungarian Hussars were equipped with a pair of pistols as early as 1571. It certainly gave them an advantage over their adversaries, the armored Ottoman Sipahi cavalrymen who despised firearms.
Below, you can see pistols exhibited in Vienna from the 16th century.
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