Home›Early Modern›All Early ModernBrowse ByAll Early ModernReference and ClassificationDevelopingWeapons fielded roughly 1500 to 1774: muzzle-loading flintlock muskets and sidearms, smoothbore artillery, and the Ottoman Empire's own gunpowder-era weapons. Belongs here: a hand or crew-served gunpowder weapon fielded before the age of mass national conscription. Does not belong here: an industrial-era weapon fielded by a nineteenth or twentieth century national force, which belongs to Modern.FactsAll Early ModernSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEraWell-attested1500 to 1774 1All Early ModernFilter Results64 entriesWeapon FamilyAllSurface-to-Air and Air Defense Missiles (1)Weapon Type or ClassAllBladed firearm attachment (melee weapon) (1)Breaching explosive charge (1)Cannon (1)Cavalry sword (1)Chain Flail (1)Chain Weapon (1)Claw dagger (knuckle-worn) (1)Concealed weapon (1)Curved sword (sabre) (1)Dagger (4)Firearm (1)Fist-load Weapon (1)Flintlock revolver (1)Iron Truncheon (1)Light cannon (1)Long-barreled cannon (1)Machete (1)Matched pair of swords (long and short) (1)Matchlock arquebus (1)Matchlock long gun (1)Medium-sized cannon (1)Melee weapon (2)Multi-decked sailing warship (2)Musket (1)Muzzle-loading firearm (1)Muzzleloading firearm (1)Naval sabre (boarding sword) (1)Obsidian-edged club-sword (macuahuitl) (1)One-handed thrusting sword (1)Pistol (1)Pocket knife (1)Polearm (3)Sabre (3)Short sword (samurai companion blade) (1)Sidearm Knife (1)Siege mortar (heavy indirect-fire siege artillery) (1)Silver knife (norigae ornament) (1)small explosive projectile (1)Smallsword (1)Smoothbore flintlock infantry musket (1)Staff weapon (1)Sword (7)Two-handed sword (greatsword) (1)type of warship (role and size vary by era) (1)Wheellock firearm (pistol) (1)CaliberAll.69 caliber (2)150mm (1)50mm (1)510mm (1)Introduced EraAll-1175 (1)500 (1)900 (1)1390 (1)1450 (1)1453 (1)1475 (1)1500 (4)1526 (1)1540 (1)1543 (1)1579 (1)1600 (2)1630 (1)1667 (1)1671 (1)1717 (1)1718 (1)1752 (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (1)Prototype or Experimental (1)Retired (30)OperatorAllAustralian Army (1)British Army (2)Mamluks (1)Mexican Armed Forces (1)Royal Navy (1)Union Army (1)United States Armed Forces (1)United States Marine Corps (1)United States Navy (1)Wars Used InAllAmerican Civil War (3)Crimean War (2)Eighty Years' War (2)English Civil War (1)First Balkan War (1)Haitian Revolution (2)Korean War (2)Mexican-American War (1)Napoleonic Wars (3)Paraguayan War (1)Punic Wars (1)Russo-Japanese War (1)Seven Years' War (2)Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire (1)War of 1812 (2)World War I (1)ManufacturerAllBAe Dynamics (1)BrowseCompareSelect all 64AkrafenaEarly ModernBackswordEarly ModernBagh nakhEarly ModernBayonetEarly ModernBlunderbussEarly ModernBoEarly ModernChakramEarly ModernCharleville MusketEarly ModernChigirikiEarly ModernColichemardeEarly ModernCulverinEarly ModernCutlassEarly ModernDaishoEarly ModernDemi-CannonEarly ModernDirkEarly ModernDragon (firearm)Early ModernDusackEarly ModernEunjangdoEarly ModernFalconetEarly ModernFascine knifeEarly ModernFrigateEarly ModernGalleonEarly ModernGolokEarly ModernGrenadeEarly ModernKarabelaEarly ModernKatzbalgerEarly ModernKhanjaliEarly ModernKhanjarEarly ModernKusari-fundoEarly ModernLang XianEarly ModernM1752 MusketEarly ModernMacuahuitlEarly ModernMameluke swordEarly ModernMatchlock ArquebusEarly ModernNinjatoEarly ModernŌdzutsuEarly ModernPartisan (weapon)Early ModernPata (sword)Early ModernPetardEarly ModernPetronelEarly ModernPoignardEarly ModernPuckle GunEarly ModernQueen Anne pistolEarly ModernRampuriEarly ModernRapierEarly ModernRoaring Meg (cannon)Early ModernSai (weapon)Early ModernScythe swordEarly ModernShamshirEarly ModernShip of the LineEarly ModernShurikenEarly ModernSiege MortarEarly ModernSpontoonEarly ModernSzablaEarly ModernTalwarEarly ModernTanegashimaEarly ModernTekkanEarly ModernTekkōEarly ModernTonfaEarly ModernWakizashiEarly ModernWar GalleyEarly ModernWheellock PistolEarly ModernZweihanderEarly ModernSources1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)tier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentenceBoundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence, end-year clauseBoundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.