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Cannon and List of muzzle-loading guns

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Difference between Cannon and List of muzzle-loading guns

Cannon vs. List of muzzle-loading guns

A cannon (plural: cannon or cannons) is a type of gun classified as artillery that launches a projectile using propellant. Muzzle-loading guns (as opposed to muzzle-loading mortars and howitzers) are an early type of artillery, (often field artillery, but naval artillery and siege artillery were other types of muzzleloading artillery), used before, and even for some time after, breech-loading cannon became common.

Similarities between Cannon and List of muzzle-loading guns

Cannon and List of muzzle-loading guns have 24 things in common (in Unionpedia): Artillery, Bombard (weapon), Breech-loading weapon, Bronze, Caliber, Canon obusier de 12, Cast iron, Culverin, Demi-cannon, Demi-culverin, Falconet (cannon), Field artillery, Gunpowder, Hand cannon, Howitzer, Minion (cannon), Mortar (weapon), Muzzleloader, Naval artillery, Rifling, Round shot, Saker (cannon), Siege engine, Smoothbore.

Artillery

Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.

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Bombard (weapon)

The bombard is a cannon or mortar used throughout the Middle Ages and the early modern period.

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Breech-loading weapon

A breech-loading gun is a firearm in which the cartridge or shell is inserted or loaded into a chamber integral to the rear portion of a barrel.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals or metalloids such as arsenic, phosphorus or silicon.

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Caliber

In guns, particularly firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the gun barrel, or the diameter of the projectile it shoots.

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Canon obusier de 12

The Canon obusier de 12 (French:"Canon obusier de campagne de 12 livres, modèle 1853", USA: 12-pounder Napoleon), also known as the "Canon de l’Empereur" was a type of canon-obusier (literally "Shell-gun cannon", "gun-howitzer") developed by France in 1853.

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Cast iron

Cast iron is a group of iron-carbon alloys with a carbon content greater than 2%.

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Culverin

A culverin was a relatively simple ancestor of the musket, and later a medieval cannon, adapted for use by the French as "couleuvrine" (from couleuvre "grass snake") in the 15th century, and later adapted for naval use by the English in the late 16th century.

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Demi-cannon

The demi-cannon was a medium-sized cannon, similar to but slightly larger than a culverin and smaller than a regular 42 lb (19 kg) cannon, developed in the early 17th century.

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Demi-culverin

The demi-culverin was a medium cannon similar to but slightly larger than a saker and smaller than a regular culverin developed in the late 16th century.

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Falconet (cannon)

The falconet or falcon was a light cannon developed in the late 15th century.

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Field artillery

Field artillery is a category of mobile artillery used to support armies in the field.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Hand cannon

The hand cannon (Chinese: 手銃), also known as the gonne or handgonne, is the first true firearm and the successor of the fire lance.

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Howitzer

A howitzer is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant charges to propel projectiles over relatively high trajectories, with a steep angle of descent.

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Minion (cannon)

The minion (from the French word for cute) was a type of small cannon used during the Tudor period and into the late 17th century.

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Mortar (weapon)

A mortar is usually a simple, lightweight, man portable, muzzle-loaded weapon, consisting of a smooth-bore metal tube fixed to a base plate (to absorb recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount.

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Muzzleloader

A muzzleloader is any firearm into which the projectile and usually the propellant charge is loaded from the muzzle of the gun (i.e., from the forward, open end of the gun's barrel).

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Naval artillery

Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare, later also for naval gunfire support against targets on land, and for anti-aircraft use.

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Rifling

In firearms, rifling is the helical groove pattern that is machined into the internal (bore) surface of a gun's barrel, for the purpose of exerting torque and thus imparting a spin to a projectile around its longitudinal axis during shooting.

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Round shot

A round shot (or solid shot, or a cannonball, or simply ball) is a solid projectile without explosive charge, fired from a cannon.

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Saker (cannon)

The saker was a medium cannon, slightly smaller than a culverin, developed during the early 16th century and often used by the English.

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Siege engine

A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent heavy castle doors, thick city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare.

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Smoothbore

A smoothbore weapon is one that has a barrel without rifling.

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Cannon and List of muzzle-loading guns Comparison

Cannon has 374 relations, while List of muzzle-loading guns has 64. As they have in common 24, the Jaccard index is 5.48% = 24 / (374 + 64).

References

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