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A wide variety of gunpowder artillery weapons were created in the medieval and early modern period .
Name
Image
Notes
Base 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 3-pounder cannon; alternatively, an adjective to describe a lighter variant of another cannon.[ 5]
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[ 3]
Serpentine [ru ] A cannon similar to a culverin[ 3]
Sling A long, narrow 17th century cannon[ 1]
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 
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