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 Results63 entriesWeapon ClassAllChain / Flail Weapon (2)Club / Mace / Blunt Weapon (4)Grenade / Explosive Device (1)Howitzer / Artillery (8)Machine Gun (2)Pistol / Revolver (4)Rifle (5)Small Arm (7)Sword / Polearm / Bladed (34)Throwing Weapon (1)Warship / Naval Vessel (3)Weapon FamilyAllEarly Modern Cannon and Mortars (6)Early Modern Daggers (8)Early Modern Grenades and Petards (2)Early Modern Martial Arts and Concealed Weapons (10)Early Modern Muskets (4)Early Modern Pistols and Short Firearms (5)Early Modern Polearms (3)Early Modern Sailing Warships (4)Early Modern Swords and Sabres (18)Surface-to-Air and Air Defense Missiles (1)Introduced EraAll-1175 (1)500 (1)900 (1)1150 (1)1390 (2)1450 (1)1453 (1)1475 (1)1500 (4)1526 (1)1540 (1)1543 (1)1550 (3)1560 (1)1575 (1)1579 (1)1600 (2)1610 (1)1630 (1)1650 (2)1667 (1)1670 (1)1671 (1)1680 (1)1702 (1)1717 (1)1718 (1)1752 (1)1780 (1)1956 (1)ManufacturerAllBAe Dynamics (1)OperatorAllAustralian Army (1)British Army (4)Canadian Armed Forces (1)French Armed Forces (2)Indian Navy (1)Mamluks (2)Maratha Army (1)Mexican Armed Forces (2)People's Liberation Army Navy (1)Royal Navy (3)Russian Navy (1)Samurai (6)Spanish Armed Forces (1)Turkish Armed Forces (1)Union Army (1)United States Armed Forces (3)United States Army (1)United States Marine Corps (1)United States Navy (1)CaliberAll.69 caliber (2)150mm (1)50mm (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (2)Prototype or Experimental (1)Retired (42)Country of OriginAllGermany (2)Holy Roman Empire (1)India (5)Japan (6)Kingdom of France (1)Mexico (1)Poland (2)Portugal (1)Spain (1)United Kingdom (1)Wars Used InAllAmerican Civil War (3)Crimean War (2)Eighty Years' War (2)English Civil War (3)Falklands War (1)First Balkan War (1)French and Indian War (1)Haitian Revolution (2)Hussite Wars (1)Imjin War (1)Italian Wars (1)Korean War (2)Mexican-American War (1)Napoleonic Wars (3)Paraguayan War (1)Punic Wars (1)Russo-Japanese War (1)Seven Years' War (3)Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire (1)Thirty Years' War (1)War of 1812 (3)World War I (1)World War II (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AkrafenaEarly ModernBackswordEarly ModernBagh nakhEarly ModernBayonetEarly ModernBlunderbussEarly ModernBōEarly ModernChakramEarly ModernCharleville MusketEarly ModernChigirikiEarly ModernColichemardeEarly ModernCulverinEarly ModernCutlassEarly ModernDaishōEarly 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 ModernNinjatōEarly 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 Modern12Next →Sources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 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.