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It sits within the topics 16th-century military equipment, Cannon and Culture of Indonesia.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- swivel gun
- Part of
- Javanese culture
- Country of origin
- Indonesia
- Image
- Lantaka Swivel Gun (25173480755).jpg
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- Lantaka
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description
- History
- In Malaya
- In the Philippines
- Local tradition
- Modern era
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|250px|Two Malay rentaka
The lantaka (Baybayin (pre virama): ᜎᜆᜃ; post virama: ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜃ), also known as the rentaka (Jawi: رنتاک), was a type of bronze portable cannon or swivel gun, sometimes mounted on merchant vessels and warships in Maritime Southeast Asia. It was commonly equipped by native seafaring vessels from the Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, and Malaysia. Lela and rentaka are known by the Malays as meriam kecil (lit. 'small cannon'), the difference is that rentaka is smaller in length and bore than a lela. In Filipino, lantaka are often called kanyon (lit. 'cannon').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “rentaka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.