|
Drake (cannon)
A wide variety of gunpowder artillery weapons were created in the medieval and early modern period. List Bibliography * 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 References Lists of artillery Early Modern weapons Medieval artillery Gunpowder {{DEFAULTSORT:Medieval and early modern gunpowder artillery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunpowder Artillery
Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieges, and led to heavy, fairly immobile siege engines. As technology improved, lighter, more mobile field artillery cannons developed for battlefield use. This development continues today; modern self-propelled artillery vehicles are highly mobile weapons of great versatility generally providing the largest share of an army's total firepower. Originally, the word "artillery" referred to any group of soldiers primarily armed with some form of manufactured weapon or armor. Since the introduction of gunpowder and cannon, "artillery" has largely meant cannons, and in contemporary usage, usually refers to shell-firing guns, howitzers, and mortars (collectively called ''barrel artillery'', ''cannon artillery'', ''gun artillery'', or - a layman term - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
