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Artillery And Mortars

Indirect and direct fire ordnance too large to be carried as a personal weapon: towed and self-propelled howitzers, field guns, self-propelled guns, mortars and multiple rocket launchers. Belongs here: any weapon system whose own attested weapon class names a howitzer, gun, mortar or rocket launcher of this kind. Does not belong here: a guided or ballistic missile system, which belongs to Missiles And Guided Munitions even when it is also self-propelled. Reassigned from the Weapons Systems Contemporary catch-all, ruling 926.

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Era of Emergence
1350 1
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1. Wikipedia: Artillery
WikipediaArtillery, Invention of gunpowder section
Quote, Artillery, Invention of gunpowder section
Early Chinese artillery had vase-like shapes. This includes the "long range awe inspiring" cannon dated from 1350
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