List of medieval and early modern gunpowder artillery

A wide variety of gunpowder artillery weapons were created in the medieval and early modern period.

List edit

Name	Image	Notes
Base		A long, narrow 15th–16th century cannon^[1]
Bombard		First recorded use in 1326, made of brass.^[2]
Culverin		A long-range cannon, first mentioned in 1410^[3]
Curtall cannon		A type of cannon with a short barrel.^[4]
Demi-culverin		A medium cannon, smaller than a culverin
Drake		A 3-pounder cannon; alternatively, an adjective to describe a lighter variant of another cannon.^[5]
Falconet		A light cannon
Minion		A small cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries
Portpiece		A large naval cannon
Saker		A medium cannon firing a 5 to 8 lb shot^[3]
Serpentine [ru]		A cannon similar to a culverin^[3]
Sling		A long, narrow 17th century cannon^[1]

Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact, Jeff Kinard.
English Civil War Artillery 1642-51, Chris Henry, 2005, Osprey: Oxford.
Science and Civilisation in China: Military technology: The gunpowder epic, Joseph Needham

^ ^a ^b Needham, p.368
^ "Artillery in Medieval Europe". World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kinard, p.53.
^ Pam Combes, "Wealden Iron" (PDF), Wealden Iron Research Group, p. 5, ISSN 0266-4402
^ Henry, p.10

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