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data-title="Bombarda (arma)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwmbart" title="Bwmbart – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Bwmbart" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarde_(Gesch%C3%BCtz)" title="Bombarde (Geschütz) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bombarde (Geschütz)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B1_(%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B9)" title="Βομβάρδα (κανόνι) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βομβάρδα (κανόνι)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarda_(arma)" title="Bombarda (arma) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bombarda (arma)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardilo" title="Bombardilo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bombardilo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonbarda_(arma)" title="Bonbarda (arma) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bonbarda (arma)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarde_(militaire)" title="Bombarde (militaire) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bombarde (militaire)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%84%9D%ED%8F%AC" title="사석포 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사석포" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarda" title="Bombarda – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bombarda" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombard" title="Bombard – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bombard" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarda_(arma)" title="Bombarda (arma) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Bombarda (arma)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%93" title="בומברד – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בומברד" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="ბომბარდირი (არტილერია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბომბარდირი (არტილერია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Бомбарда – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Бомбарда" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarda" title="Bombarda – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bombarda" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombard" title="Bombard – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bombard" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarde_(wapen)" title="Bombarde (wapen) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bombarde (wapen)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%84%E7%9F%B3%E7%A0%B2" title="射石砲 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="射石砲" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarde_(militoaire)" title="Bombarde (militoaire) – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Bombarde (militoaire)" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarda" title="Bombarda – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bombarda" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombarda_(arma)" title="Bombarda (arma) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bombarda (arma)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombard%C4%83" title="Bombardă – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Bombardă" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Бомбарда – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бомбарда" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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Founded at the request of <a href="/wiki/Pierre_d%27Aubusson" title="Pierre d'Aubusson">Pierre d'Aubusson</a>, the bombard was used for close defense of the walls (100–200 m (110–220 yd)) at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Rhodes_(1480)" title="Siege of Rhodes (1480)">Siege of Rhodes</a>. It fired 260 kg (570 lb) <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> balls. 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href="/wiki/Template:Cannons" title="Template:Cannons"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Cannons" title="Template talk:Cannons"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Cannons" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Cannons"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <b>bombard</b> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Cannon" title="Cannon">cannon</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortar</a> which was used throughout the <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_period" title="Early modern period">early modern period</a>. Bombards were mainly <a href="/wiki/Large-calibre_artillery" title="Large-calibre artillery">large calibre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muzzle-loading" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzzle-loading">muzzle-loading</a> <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a> pieces used during <a href="/wiki/Sieges" class="mw-redirect" title="Sieges">sieges</a> to shoot <a href="/wiki/Round_shot" title="Round shot">round stone projectiles</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Defensive_wall" title="Defensive wall">walls</a> of enemy fortifications, enabling troops to break in. Most bombards were made of <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a> and used <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">gunpowder</a> to launch the projectiles.<sup id="cite_ref-ONE_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are many examples of bombards, including <a href="/wiki/Mons_Meg" title="Mons Meg">Mons Meg</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun" title="Dardanelles Gun">Dardanelles Gun</a>, and the handheld bombard. </p><p>The weapon provided the name to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> <a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">rank</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bombardier_(rank)" title="Bombardier (rank)">bombardier</a> and the word 'bombardment'. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Terminology">Terminology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombard_(weapon)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Terminology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term "bombard" was first used to describe guns of any kind from the early to mid-14th century, but it was later applied primarily to large cannons during the 14th to 15th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndrade201683_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndrade201683-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite its strong association with large cannons, there is no standard size for bombards, and the term has been applied to cannons only a meter in length as well as cannons several meters long weighing up to 20 t (20 long tons; 22 short tons).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeVries2012155_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeVries2012155-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombard_(weapon)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_cannon" class="mw-redirect" title="History of cannon">History of cannon</a></div> <p>The oldest known representation of a bombard can be found in the <a href="/wiki/Dazu_Rock_Carvings" title="Dazu Rock Carvings">Dazu Rock Carvings</a>. In 1985, the Canadian historian <a href="/wiki/Robin_D._S._Yates" title="Robin D. S. Yates">Robin D. S. Yates</a> was visiting Buddhist cave temples when he saw a sculpture on the wall depicting a demon firing a hand-held bombard. The sculpture was later dated to the early 12th century.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early bombards also include two Chinese c. 1377 cast-iron mortars weighing over 150 kg (330 lb), each with four <a href="/wiki/Trunnion" title="Trunnion">trunnions</a> on their barrels.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Westgate_076.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Westgate_076.jpg/170px-Westgate_076.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Westgate_076.jpg/255px-Westgate_076.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Westgate_076.jpg/340px-Westgate_076.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2576" data-file-height="3552" /></a><figcaption>Handgun loophole at the <a href="/wiki/Westgate,_Canterbury" title="Westgate, Canterbury">Westgate, Canterbury</a></figcaption></figure> <p>England began using cannons in the early 14th century. Field artillery was deployed by King Edward III at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cr%C3%A9cy" title="Battle of Crécy">Battle of Crécy</a> in 1346, and equipment which may have been an artillery piece was listed as captured on a French ship by the English at Sluys as early as 1340. Inverted 'keyhole' gun loops at <a href="/wiki/Bodiam_Castle" title="Bodiam Castle">Bodiam Castle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cooling_Castle" title="Cooling Castle">Cooling Castle</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Westgate,_Canterbury" title="Westgate, Canterbury">Westgate, Canterbury</a>, have all been identified as for firing heavy handguns. These defences are dated 1380–1385. Initially used as defensive weapons, primitive bombards began to be used as siege weapons in the later 14th century. <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_England" title="Henry IV of England">Henry IV</a> and <a href="/wiki/Henry_V_of_England" title="Henry V of England">Henry V</a> won battles with the use of bombards. Henry V <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Harfleur" title="Siege of Harfleur">captured Harfleur</a> with bombards in 1415. King Henry's army later came under artillery fire at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt" title="Battle of Agincourt">Battle of Agincourt</a>. <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_Scotland" title="James II of Scotland">James II of Scotland</a> destroyed many castles with his one and a half ton cannon named "The Lion".<sup id="cite_ref-ONE_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The French conquest of the English king's holdings in France saw the use of considerable French artillery in the siege role. The French in this period preferred to avoid attacking English longbowmen in open battle and relied on siege tactics. However the last battle of the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a> saw English commander <a href="/wiki/John_Talbot,_1st_Earl_of_Shrewsbury" title="John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury">John Talbot</a> lead an Anglo-Gascon army against dug-in French troops equipped with 300 pieces of artillery at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Castillion" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Castillion">Battle of Castillion</a> in 1453. The French camp had been laid out by ordnance officer <a href="/wiki/Jean_Bureau" title="Jean Bureau">Jean Bureau</a> to maximise the French artillery arm. The Anglo-Gascons were shot to pieces and Talbot was eventually killed. </p><p>Most bombards started with the construction of a wooden core surrounded by iron bars. Then, iron hoops were driven over these bars in order to surround and cover them. The whole structure was then welded with a hammer while it was still hot at about 2,500 °F (1,370 °C). The rings then subsequently cooled and formed over the bars to secure them. The last step was to incinerate the wooden core and to attach a one-piece cast. The complicated procedure required a highly skilled forge who could work quickly and precisely with a hammer.<sup id="cite_ref-ONE_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ONE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_examples">Notable examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombard_(weapon)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notable examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A notable example of a bombard is <a href="/wiki/Mons_Meg" title="Mons Meg">Mons Meg</a>, built around 1449 and used by King <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_Scotland" title="James II of Scotland">James II of Scotland</a>. It was very powerful and used for bringing down castle walls.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The origins of Mons Meg are not fully known but according to <a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Good" title="Philip the Good">Philip the Good</a>, Duke of Burgundy, it was his idea. It was ordered around 1449 and had similar construction to a typical bombard.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, it was seldom used because of several factors. Mons Meg was capable of firing 180 kg (400 lb) shots and was one of the largest bombards of its time. It is now housed on public display at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle" title="Edinburgh Castle">Edinburgh Castle</a>. </p><p>A bombard with a bore of approximately 12 in (30 cm) was found when the moat of <a href="/wiki/Bodiam_Castle" title="Bodiam Castle">Bodiam Castle</a>, Kent, was drained. A muzzle-loader of hoop-and-stave construction, it is believed to be the oldest piece found in England and may be late 14th or very early 15th century. It was possibly dumped in the moat following an abortive siege at the castle during the Wars of the Roses. The original is now at the Royal Artillery Museum at Woolwich, but a copy has been on show at the castle for many years. The Star Gun Company has built a Bodiam Bombard replica while local newspapers report a replica was being fired at the castle for visitors during 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other known 15th-century very <a href="/wiki/Large-calibre_artillery" title="Large-calibre artillery">large-calibre guns</a> include the wrought-iron <a href="/wiki/Pumhart_von_Steyr" title="Pumhart von Steyr">Pumhart von Steyr</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dulle_Griet" title="Dulle Griet">Dulle Griet</a> as well as the cast-bronze <a href="/wiki/Faule_Mette" title="Faule Mette">Faule Mette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Faule_Grete" title="Faule Grete">Faule Grete</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Grose_Bochse" title="Grose Bochse">Grose Bochse</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Tsar_Cannon" title="Tsar Cannon">Tsar Cannon</a> is a late 16th-century show-piece. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun" title="Dardanelles Gun">Dardanelles Gun</a>, built in the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in 1464 by Munir Ali, with a weight of 18.6 t (18.3 long tons; 20.5 short tons) and a length of 518 cm (204 in), was capable of firing stone balls of up to 63 cm (25 in) diameter.<sup id="cite_ref-Schmidtchen_1977b,_226–228_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schmidtchen_1977b,_226–228-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> reportedly had a set of 12, named after the <a href="/wiki/Twelve_Apostles" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelve Apostles">Twelve Apostles</a>, which were deployed at the sieges of <a href="/wiki/Th%C3%A9rouanne" title="Thérouanne">Thérouanne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tournai" title="Tournai">Tournai</a> during his 1513 campaign in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tsar_Cannon" title="Tsar Cannon">Tsar Cannon</a>, built in 1586 and today located on the grounds of the <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Kremlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow Kremlin">Moscow Kremlin</a>, is the largest bombard ever built. </p><p>Eventually bombards were superseded by weapons using smaller <a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">calibre</a> iron projectiles fired from longer barrels with more powerful <a href="/wiki/Gunpowder" title="Gunpowder">gunpowder</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombard_(weapon)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:200KgWroughtIronBombard1450MetzFrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="200 kg wrought iron bombard, circa 1450, Metz, present-day France. It was manufactured by forging together iron bars, held in place by iron rings. It fired 6 kg stone balls. Length: 82 cm."><img alt="200 kg wrought iron bombard, circa 1450, Metz, present-day France. It was manufactured by forging together iron bars, held in place by iron rings. It fired 6 kg stone balls. Length: 82 cm." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/200KgWroughtIronBombard1450MetzFrance.jpg/120px-200KgWroughtIronBombard1450MetzFrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/200KgWroughtIronBombard1450MetzFrance.jpg/180px-200KgWroughtIronBombard1450MetzFrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/200KgWroughtIronBombard1450MetzFrance.jpg/240px-200KgWroughtIronBombard1450MetzFrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2008" data-file-height="1128" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">200 kg <a href="/wiki/Wrought_iron" title="Wrought iron">wrought iron</a> bombard, circa 1450, <a href="/wiki/Metz" title="Metz">Metz</a>, present-day France. It was manufactured by forging together iron bars, held in place by iron rings. It fired 6 kg stone balls. Length: 82 cm.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Dardanelles Gun."><img alt="The Dardanelles Gun." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG/120px-Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG/180px-Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG/240px-Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun" title="Dardanelles Gun">Dardanelles Gun</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mons_Meg_at_Edinburgh_Castle.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mons Meg at Edinburgh Castle, mid-15th century"><img alt="Mons Meg at Edinburgh Castle, mid-15th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mons_Meg_at_Edinburgh_Castle.jpg/120px-Mons_Meg_at_Edinburgh_Castle.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mons_Meg_at_Edinburgh_Castle.jpg/180px-Mons_Meg_at_Edinburgh_Castle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Mons_Meg_at_Edinburgh_Castle.jpg/240px-Mons_Meg_at_Edinburgh_Castle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2557" data-file-height="1849" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mons Meg at Edinburgh Castle, mid-15th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mons_Meg_cannonballs,_Edinburgh_Castle_Scotland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mons Meg cannonballs"><img alt="Mons Meg cannonballs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Mons_Meg_cannonballs%2C_Edinburgh_Castle_Scotland.jpg/120px-Mons_Meg_cannonballs%2C_Edinburgh_Castle_Scotland.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Mons_Meg_cannonballs%2C_Edinburgh_Castle_Scotland.jpg/180px-Mons_Meg_cannonballs%2C_Edinburgh_Castle_Scotland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Mons_Meg_cannonballs%2C_Edinburgh_Castle_Scotland.jpg/240px-Mons_Meg_cannonballs%2C_Edinburgh_Castle_Scotland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Mons Meg cannonballs</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="English Bombards abandoned during the Hundred Years' War and now exposed on the Mont-Saint-Michel."><img alt="English Bombards abandoned during the Hundred Years' War and now exposed on the Mont-Saint-Michel." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg/120px-Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg/180px-Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg/240px-Cannons_abandonded_by_Thomas_Scalles_at_Mont_Saint-Michel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">English Bombards abandoned during the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a> and now exposed on the <a href="/wiki/Mont-Saint-Michel" title="Mont-Saint-Michel">Mont-Saint-Michel</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kwidzyn_bombarda.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bombard from the beginning of the 15th century, the only surviving bombard used by Teutonic Knights, now exposed in Kwidzyn Castle."><img alt="Bombard from the beginning of the 15th century, the only surviving bombard used by Teutonic Knights, now exposed in Kwidzyn Castle." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Kwidzyn_bombarda.jpg/120px-Kwidzyn_bombarda.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Kwidzyn_bombarda.jpg/180px-Kwidzyn_bombarda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Kwidzyn_bombarda.jpg/240px-Kwidzyn_bombarda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Bombard from the beginning of the 15th century, the only surviving bombard used by <a href="/wiki/Teutonic_Knights" class="mw-redirect" title="Teutonic Knights">Teutonic Knights</a>, now exposed in <a href="/wiki/Kwidzyn_Castle" title="Kwidzyn Castle">Kwidzyn Castle</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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(1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Bombard" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Bombard">Bombard</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i> (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Bombard&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABombard+%28weapon%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAndrade2016" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Tonio_Andrade" title="Tonio Andrade">Andrade, Tonio</a> (2016), <i>The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History</i>, Princeton University Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-13597-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-691-13597-7"><bdi>978-0-691-13597-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Gunpowder+Age%3A+China%2C+Military+Innovation%2C+and+the+Rise+of+the+West+in+World+History&rft.pub=Princeton+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0-691-13597-7&rft.aulast=Andrade&rft.aufirst=Tonio&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABombard+%28weapon%29" class="Z3988"></span>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDeVries2012" class="citation cs2">DeVries, Kelly (2012), <i>Medieval Military Technology</i></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Medieval+Military+Technology&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=DeVries&rft.aufirst=Kelly&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABombard+%28weapon%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Sands, Kathleen. "Though One Of The Best-Documented Of Medieval Bombards, Mons Meg Was The Subject Of Exaggeration And Legend". Military History 16.3 (1999): 22.</li> <li>Lu Gwei-Djen, Joseph Needham and Phan Chi-Hsing. Technology and Culture, Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul., 1988), pp. 594–605</li> <li>W. H. Finlayson. The Scottish Historical Review, Vol. 27, No. 104, Part 2 (Oct., 1948), pp. 124–126</li> <li>Cvikel, Deborah, and Haim Goren. "Where Are Bonaparte's Siege Cannon? An Episode In The Egyptian Campaign". <i>Mediterranean Historical Review</i> 23.2 (2008): 129–142.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bombard_(weapon)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchmidtchen1977a" class="citation cs2">Schmidtchen, Volker (1977a), "Riesengeschütze des 15. Jahrhunderts. Technische Höchstleistungen ihrer Zeit", <i>Technikgeschichte</i>, <b>44</b> (2): 153–173</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Technikgeschichte&rft.atitle=Riesengesch%C3%BCtze+des+15.+Jahrhunderts.+Technische+H%C3%B6chstleistungen+ihrer+Zeit&rft.volume=44&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=153-173&rft.date=1977&rft.aulast=Schmidtchen&rft.aufirst=Volker&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABombard+%28weapon%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchmidtchen1977b" class="citation cs2">Schmidtchen, Volker (1977b), "Riesengeschütze des 15. Jahrhunderts. Technische Höchstleistungen ihrer Zeit", <i>Technikgeschichte</i>, <b>44</b> (3): 213–237</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Technikgeschichte&rft.atitle=Riesengesch%C3%BCtze+des+15.+Jahrhunderts.+Technische+H%C3%B6chstleistungen+ihrer+Zeit&rft.volume=44&rft.issue=3&rft.pages=213-237&rft.date=1977&rft.aulast=Schmidtchen&rft.aufirst=Volker&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABombard+%28weapon%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmithDeVries2005" class="citation cs2">Smith, Robert Douglas; DeVries, Kelly (2005), <i>The artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy, 1363–1477</i>, Boydell Press, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84383-162-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84383-162-4"><bdi>978-1-84383-162-4</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+artillery+of+the+Dukes+of+Burgundy%2C+1363%26ndash%3B1477&rft.pub=Boydell+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-1-84383-162-4&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Robert+Douglas&rft.au=DeVries%2C+Kelly&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABombard+%28weapon%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output 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title="Pen Huo Qi">Pen Huo Qi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_naphtha" title="Petroleum naphtha">Petroleum naphtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singijeon" title="Singijeon">Singijeon</a> rocket arrow</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thunder_crash_bomb" title="Thunder crash bomb">Thunder crash bomb</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Firing_mechanism" class="mw-redirect" title="Firing mechanism">Firing mechanisms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Breechloader" title="Breechloader">Breechloader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doglock" title="Doglock">Doglock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flintlock" title="Flintlock">Flintlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matchlock" title="Matchlock">Matchlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miquelet_lock" title="Miquelet lock">Miquelet lock</a></li> 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