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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]
The earliest medieval cannon, the pot-de-fer, had a bulbous, vase-like shape, and was used more for psychological effect than physical damage. The later culverin was transitional between the handgun and the full cannon, and was used as an anti-personnel weapon .
Spearheads were sometimes decorated, with bronze and silver inlay placed on the blade and socket; in such instances, a simple ring-and-dot motif was most common. [19] Occasionally, the ferrule was decorated to match the spearhead. [16] It is possible that the shafts were also decorated, perhaps by being painted.
The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute). [2] It features a Gatling -style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an electric motor .
Medieval art is colorful, creative, quirky, stylized, and goofy. The results are often incredibly bizarre but undeniably entertaining. The post ‘Weird Medieval Guys’: 50 Amusing And Confusing ...
Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
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Medieval technology is the technology used in medieval Europe under Christian rule. After the Renaissance of the 12th century , medieval Europe saw a radical change in the rate of new inventions, innovations in the ways of managing traditional means of production, and economic growth. [ 2 ]