List of medieval and early modern gunpowder artillery

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A wide variety of gunpowder artillery weapons were created in the medieval and early modern period.

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List[]

Name	Image	Notes
Base		A long, narrow 15th-16th century cannon[1]
Bombard		First recorded use in 1326, made of brass.[2]
Culverin		A long-range cannon, first mentioned in 1410[3]
Curtall cannon		A type of cannon with a short barrel.[4]
Demi-culverin		A medium cannon, smaller than a culverin
Drake		A 3-pounder cannon; alternatively, an adjective to describe a lighter variant of another cannon.[5]
Falconet		A light cannon
Minion		A small cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries
Portpiece		A large naval cannon
Saker		A medium cannon firing a 5 to 8 lb shot[3]
[ru]		A cannon similar to a culverin[3]
Sling		A long, narrow 17th century cannon[1]

Bibliography[]

• Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact, Jeff Kinard.
• English Civil War Artillery 1642-51, Chris Henry, 2005, Osprey: Oxford.
• Science and Civilisation in China: Military technology: The gunpowder epic, Joseph Needham

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