{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Musket - Newikis","description":"A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that used black powder and appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour. By the mid-16th century, this type of musket gradually disappeared as the use of heavy…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Flint-Lock_Musket%2C_from_the_Arms_of_All_Nations_series_%28N3%29_for_Allen_%26_Ginter_Cigarettes_Brands_MET_DP828710.jpg/1280px-Flint-Lock_Musket%2C_from_the_Arms_of_All_Nations_series_%28N3%29_for_Allen_%26_Ginter_Cigarettes_Brands_MET_DP828710.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":2323}