List of medieval and early modern gunpowder artillery

A wide variety of gunpowder artillery weapons were created in the medieval and early modern period.

List

Name	Image	Notes
Base		A long, narrow 15th-16th century cannon[1]
Bombard
Culverin		A long-range cannon, first mentioned in 1410[2]
Curtall cannon		A type of cannon with a short barrel.[3]
Demi-culverin		A medium cannon, smaller than a culverin
Drake		A 3-pounder cannon; alternatively, an adjective to describe a lighter variant of another cannon.[4]
Falconet		A light cannon
Minion		A small cannon used in the 16th and 17th centuries
Portpiece		A large naval cannon
Saker		A medium cannon firing a 5 to 8 lb shot[2]
Serpentine		A cannon similar to a culverin[2]
Sling		A long, narrow 17th century cannon[1]

Bibliography

• Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact, Jeff Kinard.
• English Civil War Artillery 1642-51, Chris Henry, 2005, Osprey: Oxford.
• Science and Civilisation in China: Military technology: The gunpowder epic, Joseph Needham

References

1. Needham, p.368
2. Kinard, p.53.
3. Pam Combes, "Wealden Iron" (PDF), Wealden Iron Research Group, p. 5, ISSN 0266-4402
4. Henry, p.10