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Cannons and Mortars1300 - 1900
Copyright 02.2011, Peter H. Kunz, CH-8200 Schaffhausen
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Ca. 1326: Bronze Barrel, Walter de Milemete
O ldest Illustration of o firearmfrom Chaplin Walter deMilemete under King Edward IIIof England in the year 1326 inthe manuscript, “ De SecretisO peribus Artes et Naturae etde Nullitate Magiae” .A vase shaped barrel is lit by aKnight. An arrow leaves thebarrel.
Walter de Milemete, De Secrete O peris...., 1326, Christ Church, O xford
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Ca. 1340: Loshult Bronze Barrel
Statens Historical Museum Stockholm
O ldest firearm still in existence,found 1861 in the Swedish townof Loshult.
Its form shows greatresemblance to the illustrationsof Walter de Milemete.
According to metallurgical tests,the bronze stems from themining area of the MiddleSlovakian Mountains.
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Ca. 1370: Iron Barrel on Wooden Mount
The forged iron barrel isreinforced by a large numberof rings.
Mont and chains have beenadded later.
Bastille Jülich, Germany
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Ca. 1380: Mons Meg Bombard
Edinburgh Castle, England
O ldest and largest preservedbombard with a barrel forgedfrom iron rods, reinforced withiron bands and detachablepowder chamber.
With it, iron balls of 510kilograms could be shot 1250meters.
250 kilogram stone balls couldbe shot 2500 meters.
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Ca. 1390: Bombard with Elevation Adjustment
Bernese Historical Museum, Switzerland
Early adjustable artillery: A barrel forged fromrods is reinforced with three rings.
The attachment is made with two open bracketson an offset stock.
An iron rod inserted through the stock serves as apivot shaft for the elevation adjustment.
The selected elevation can be maintained with afriction lock at the rear end of the stock.
The tunable unit is mounted on a cylindricalstanchion.
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Ca. 1439: Stone Mortar «Rumphardt»
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
The barrel consisted of ironrods reinforce by iron rings.
It has a small powder chamberat the barrel end.
Barrel length: 258 cmWeight: 8 Tons
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Ca. 1460: Five Barreled Organ Artillery Southern Germany
Fürstliches Hohenzollerisches Museum, Sigmaringen, Germany
Five barrels are held in a bundleby specially cut wooden boards.
The barrel bundle is held on awooden carriage with bands. Each barrel has its own touchhole. These are arrangedradially.
By turning the bundle, the nextbarrel to be fired is brought tothe top.
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Ca. 1460: Wheeled Mortar
Bernese Historical Museum, Switzerland
The barrel consisted of iron rodsreinforce by iron rings.
It has a small powder chamberat the barrel end.
The mount consist of a woodenbeam and wooden wheels.
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Ca. 1464: Dardanelles Artillery of Mohammed II
Tower London, England
The largest known cannonbarrel still in existence. It has abronze pipe of 5.4 m in length,a caliber of 64 cm and a weightof 18 3/ 4 tons.
Mohammed II, the Turk, at thesiege of Constantinople, castthe bronze barrel in front of thecity walls.
The threaded powder chamberwith a diameter of ca. 50 cm isvisible.
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Ca. 1470: Light Cannon, Charles the Bold
Museum La Neuville, Switzerland
This light cannon is known as“ Feldschlange”
It has an iron forged barrel witha caliber of 6.5 cm and lengthof 292.5 cm
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Ca. 1470: Mobile Muzzle Loading Artillery
Bernese Historical Museum, Switzerland
The forged iron barrel,reinforced with iron rings is heldto a mobile wooden carriagewith iron bands.
The elevation is not adjustable.
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Ca. 1475: Feldschlange, Charles the Bold
Museum Murten, Switzerland
The Swiss Confederatesoccupied the cannon during thebattle at Murten in 1476.
The iron forged barrel isattached to a mount withspoked wooden wheels.
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Ca. 1475: Breech Loading Artillery, Bern
Forged barrel with an upwardpointing opening at the rear toinsert an iron breechblock.
The mobile wooden carriage is alater reconstruction.
The elevation is adjusted with avertical wooden support strut.
Bernese Historical Museum, Switzerland
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Ca. 1500: Seven Barrel Organ Gun
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
All iron barrels have a caliber of30mm.
Their touch holes are connectedwith a long channel
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Ca. 1535: Wall Gun, Falconette
Private Collection
The tripod is made from wood. The missing wheels suggest theweapon was used to defend afortification.
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Ca 1609: Wall Gun, Falconet
O ld Armory Museum, Solothurn, Switzerland
The original muzzle loadingbarrel on the tripod carriagewas later converted to a breechloading System.
The elevation can be changedwith a threaded rod below thebarrel.
The tripod carriage is madefrom wood.
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Ca. 1650: Organ Cannon
Thee groups of 13 barrelssurround a central cannonbarrel.
They are arranged in atriangular block and have threepowder pan ignitions.
Number of organ barrels: 3x13O rgan Barrel Caliber: 17 mmMain Barrel Caliber: 29 mm
O ld Armory Museum, Solothurn, Switzerland
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Ca. 1640: Cannon with Leather Barrel
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
To get more flexibility it waspreamble to have cannons withlittle weight.
Trials were made to use thickwalled, copper barrel wrappedwith hemp rope and leather.
This type of barrels howeverwere never successful.
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Ca. 1650: Light Cannon on Iron Mount
Bastille Jülich, Germany
Barrel cast in iron is mounted ontop of wheeled gun carriage.
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Ca. 1670: 36 Barrel Organ Cannon
Fürstliche Waffensammlung Lichtenstein
O n a triangular wooden framethere are 12 barrels attachedper side.
The barrels to be fired have tobe turned to the top.
An ignition groove connects thetouch holes of one line ofbarrels.
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Ca. 1735: Mobile Mortar
The mobile mortar has a bronzebarrel and is attached to a twowheeled carriage.
The elevation is adjusted with ascrew thread under the front ofthe barrel.
O ld Armory Museum, Solothurn, Switzerland
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Ca. 1779: Cannon for Vessels
Tower London, England
O n a wooden carriage with ironwheels a cast iron barrel isattached.
This cannon has been used ona vessel.
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Ca. 1800: Cannon «Brezin», France
National Army Museum Camberly, England
This 18-pound cannon hasbeen captured by the Englishfrom the French in the battle ofWaterloo.
It has a cast bronze barrelmade by the Paris Arsenal.
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Ca. 1845: 6-Pound Field piece
National Army Museum Camberly, England
Black powder an lead ball areloaded an the trailer of this fieldpiece
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Ca 1865: Gattling Machine Cannon
National Park Service at Fort Laramie, Wyoming
The machine cannon developedby Richard Gattling has 6rotating Barrels. With rotationof the barrels an overheating bythe high shooting cadencecould be omitted.
First time they were used in theAmerican civil war.
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Ca. 1880: Mortar of the Austrian Coast Artillery
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum ,Vienna
For the arched shelling ofhostile vessels this mortar used grenade with a caliber of 21 cm
In most cases these mortarswere mounted on turntables
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