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The most commonly-used gun was a battering gun or darbzen. This gun fired 0.15–2.5 kg (0.33–5.51 lb) shots in weight. These guns were used more in fortresses as the emphasis was given to small to medium-calibre guns. Small-calibre bronze pieces were also used on galleons and river boats; they weighed between 3.7–8.6 kg (8.2–19.0 lb).
The Abus gun (Turkish: Obüs meaning howitzer) is an early form of artillery created by the Ottoman Empire. They were small, [1] but often too heavy to carry, and many were equipped with a type of tripod. They fired projectiles weighing between 3 and 9 caps (in modern measures, between 3.8 and 11.5 kilograms (8.4 and 25.4 lb)). [2]
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The Dardanelles Gun was cast in bronze in 1464 by Munir Ali with a weight of 17 tonnes and a length of 5.18 m (17.0 ft), being capable of firing stone balls of up to 0.635 m diameter (25.0 in). The powder chamber and the barrel are connected by the way of a screw mechanism, allowing easier transport of the unwieldy device.
17th-century arquebus at the Château de Foix museum, France. An arquebus (/ ˈ ɑːr k (w) ə b ə s / AR-k(w)ə-bəs) is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.
Ottoman Empire - in addition to using L/13 C/80 mountain guns during the Balkan Wars the Ottoman Empire may have used them during the Italo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire also used them during the Sinai and Palestine campaign in World War I. A captured Ottoman gun is currently on display at the Honourable Artillery Company Museum, London, England.
The most common types of Ottoman field guns during WWI were German-designed and manufactured 75-mm Krupp M03 L/30 Field, 77-mm Krupp M96 L/27 nA and the 77-mm Rheinmetall M16 L/35 guns. Desperately short of field artillery, the Ottoman Army also used a lot of older and obsolescent field guns, some dating back to the 1870s, as well as captured ...
Prangi is a small Ottoman breech-loading swivel gun, firing 150 g (5.3 oz) shots, they were built mostly by cast bronze, but iron ones were also used. The Ottomans used the prangi from the mid-15th century onwards in field battles, aboard their ships, and in their forts, where prangis often comprised the majority of the ordnance.