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These "hook guns" were in their earliest forms defensive weapons mounted on German city walls in the early 15th century. [2] The addition of a shoulder stock, priming pan, [3] and matchlock mechanism in the late 15th century turned the arquebus into a handheld firearm and also the first firearm equipped with a trigger.
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)
15th-century culveriners. By the early 15th century, both armies had a wide variety of gunpowder weapons. [1] Large guns were developed, known as bombards (French bombardes), weighing up to 3 tonnes and firing stone balls of up to 150 kg (300 lbs), which seem to have been more prevalent among the French than among the English until 1420. [1]
The Elmslie typology is a system for classification and description of the single edged European bladed weapons of the late medieval and early baroque period, from around 1100 to 1550. It is designed to provide classification terminology for archaeological finds of single-edged arms, as well as visual depictions in art.
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] Curtall cannon: A type of cannon with a short barrel. [4] Demi-culverin: A medium cannon, smaller than a culverin Drake
A messer (German for "knife") is a single-edged sword of the 15th and 16th century, characterised by knife-like hilt construction methods.. While the various names are often used synonymously, messers can be divided into several principal groups:
As the smallest of medieval gunpowder weapons, it was relatively light and portable. [37] It fired lead shot, which was inexpensive relative to other available materials. [37] Significant developments in the 15th century produced very effective bombards, [38] an early form of battering cannon used against walls and towers.
The Swiss armies of the late 14th and 15th centuries, used a variety of different polearms other than halberds and pikes, such as the Lucerne hammer. By the 15th century, the carrying of side arms (baselard, dagger, and degen) had become ubiquitous. Also common were the bow, the crossbow and later the arquebuse.