culverin

A culverin was initially an ancestor of the hand-held arquebus, but the term was later used to describe a type of medieval and Renaissance cannon. The word is derived from the antiquated "culuering" and the French couleuvrine. From its origin as a hand-held weapon it was adapted for use as artillery by the French in the 15th century and for naval use by the English in the 16th century. The culverin as an artillery piece had a long smoothbore gun barrel with a relatively long range and flat trajectory, using solid round shot projectiles with high muzzle velocity.

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Frameless

Early culverin and hand culverin with bent stock

Colubrina Welsperg

Early culverin and hand culverin with bent stock

Veldslang, NG-NM-9345-A

Veldslang, NG-NM-1166

Culverin with side flash-pans

Culverin with side flash-pans

EarlyCoulevrines

Tarrasbüchse

Tarrasbüchse fahrbar

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		Giulia	culverin	Wikidata
link	page		Tesauro Museus page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Early culverin and hand culverin with bent stock		Commons
commons	image		Colubrina Welsperg		Commons
commons	image		Early culverin and hand culverin with bent stock		Commons
commons	image		Veldslang, NG-NM-9345-A		Commons
commons	image		Veldslang, NG-NM-1166		Commons
commons	image		Culverin with side flash-pans		Commons
commons	image		Culverin with side flash-pans		Commons
commons	image		EarlyCoulevrines		Commons
commons	image		Tarrasbüchse		Commons
commons	image		Tarrasbüchse fahrbar		Commons