A Fauconneau was a small type of cannon used during the

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and the early

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. A typical ''fauconneau'' weighed about 25 kg and had a length of about 1 meter. It was a semi-portable weapon. It was mainly an anti-personnel weapon to be used on fixed fortifications.''The King's Army: Warfare, Soldiers and Society During the Wars of Religion'' James B. Wood, p.15

/ref> and was used from the 15th to 16th centuries.

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File:Fauconneau.jpg, Fauconneau,

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. Length: 1.06m, cal 32mm, weight: 25.4kg, iron projectile. c. 1510. File:Tarasnice.jpg, A sketch of a fauconneau with a rack for adjusting the angle of the barrel T-21-Tarasnice-batey-haosef-645.jpg, Tarasnice T-21 82-mm

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