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Flash pan

A matchlock firearm with its flash pan visible at center as a U-shaped depression

The flash pan or priming pan is a small receptacle for priming powder, found next to the touch hole on muzzle-loading guns. Flash pans are found on gonnes, matchlocks, wheellocks, snaplocks, snaphances, and flintlocks.


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Pfanne (Waffentechnik) German 火皿 Japanese Uzliesmojuma panna Latvian/Lettish Kruitpan Dutch Kruttpanne NB Panewka (broń palna) Polish எரியூட்டுங் கிண்ணி Tamil Полиця (зброя) Ukrainian 火药池 Chinese

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