Cannon, mortars and hand cannon of the age of gunpowder, including culverins, falconets, demi-cannons, siege mortars and the large guns named Roaring Meg. A weapon belongs here when its cited article describes it as a cannon, gun or mortar. It excludes small arms and naval vessels. Cannon turned siege warfare and field battle in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the names of the pieces, the culverin, the falconet and the demi-cannon, recorded their bore sizes and the weight of shot they fired.
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Wikipedia: Culverin
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A culverin was initially an ancestor of the hand-held arquebus, but the term was later used to describe a type of medieval and Renaissance cannon.
Wikipedia: Falconet (cannon)
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The falconet was a light cannon developed in the late 14th century that fired a smaller shot than the similar falcon.
Demi-cannon, Wikipedia
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The demi-cannon was a medium-sized cannon, similar to but slightly larger than a culverin and smaller than a regular 42 pounds (19 kg) cannon, developed in the early 17th century.
Wikipedia: Siege Mortar
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A mortar today is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded cannon consisting of a smooth-bore (although some models use a rifled barrel) metal tube fixed to a base plate (to spread out the recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight.
Wikipedia: Roaring Meg (cannon)
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Roaring Meg was the name of several powerful cannons used in the 17th century.
Wikipedia: Ōdzutsu
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An ōdzutsu (大筒, 'big cylinder') was a type of Japanese hand cannon used during the Sengoku and early Edo periods.
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