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This is probably a stupid question, but when did cannons come into use?
Would a ship in the 'castle' era have cannons?
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| (...) The commonly accepted date for the European adoption of cannon is 1327, when one appears (IIRC) on the Bayeux Tapestry as sort of a modified ballista (it's firing a giant arrowhead). But that's an indication that, by then, cannon had diffused (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| Adam, I've been intersted in late medieval warfare for a while, and hope I can give you some useful guidelines. (...) If I recall correctly, cannons in Europe first came into play in the 14th century. I read that the first use of "guns" against (...) (23 years ago, 14-Nov-01, to lugnet.castle)
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