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Early 15th-century Flemish giant cannon Dulle Griet at Ghent (caliber of 660 mm). This list contains all types of cannon through the ages listed in decreasing caliber size. For the purpose of this list, the development of large-calibre artillery can be divided into three periods, based on the kind of projectiles used, due to their dissimilar characteristics, and being practically ...
The gun was fitted with the spare barrel and the original was sent back to Krupp's factory in Essen for relining. [17] The gun was then dismantled and moved to the northern part of the Eastern Front, where an attack was planned on Leningrad. The gun was placed 30 km (18.6 mi) from the city near the railway station of Taytsy. The gun was fully ...
Ho-204 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 37: Internal: M4 cannon United States: World War II 37: Internal: Nudelman N-37 Soviet Union: Cold War 37: Internal: Nudelman-Suranov NS-37 Soviet Union: World War II 37: Internal: QF 1-pounder pom-pom United Kingdom: World War I 40: Internal: Bofors 40 mm gun L/60 Sweden: World War II 40: Internal ...
One notable bombard used during the Holy Roman Empire period was the "Dulle Griet", which was a large-caliber cannon that belonged to the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. The bombard was forged in Flanders in the late 15th century and was capable of firing a 330-pound stone ball over a distance of several hundred yards.
The Tsar Cannon (Russian: Царь-пушка, Tsar'-pushka) is a large early modern period artillery piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Mostly of symbolic ...
Mons Meg is a medieval bombard in the collection of the Royal Armouries, on loan to Historic Environment Scotland and located at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. [1] It has a barrel diameter of 20 inches (510 mm), making it one of the largest cannons in the world by calibre.
The largest (800 mm) known German artillery weapons were hauled on 25 railway cars and required three weeks to put in firing position, but had a longer range of 47 km (29 mi) compared to the 9.7 km (6.0 mi) of Little David. [2] Little David was by calibre one of the largest artillery pieces ever produced, although Dora fired a heavier shell.
A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century.