Field Artillery, 16th c.

Title

Field Artillery, 16th c.

Subject

Warfare

Description

An example of various types of field artillery available in the 16th century. Many of these were capable of being mounted on sleds and pulled around the battlefield by horses, making these weapons much more mobile than catapults had been.

Creator

Various artists

Source

Otto Henne am Rhyn: cultural history of the German people, Second Volume, Berlin 1897, S.26/27

Publisher

Wikimedia Commons

Date

16th century

Contributor

[no text]

Rights

public domain

Relation

[no text]

Format

2,971 x 1,857 (852 KB), jpeg

Language

[no text]

Type

image

Identifier

weap01

Coverage

[no text]

Original Format

printing

Physical Dimensions

[no text]

Files

16thCenturyArtillery.jpg

Citation

Various artists, “Field Artillery, 16th c.,” Guns, Boats, and Gunboats, accessed May 15, 2024, https://history139.omeka.net/items/show/30.