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Fauconneau was a small type of cannon used during the
Middle Ages and the early
Renaissance. A typical
fauconneau weighed about 25 kg and had a length of about 1 meter. It was a semi-portable weapon. It was mainly an anti-personnel weapon to be used on fixed fortifications.
[ The King's Army: Warfare, Soldiers and Society During the Wars of Religion James B. Wood, p.157 [1]] and was used from the 15th to 16th centuries.
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. Length: 1.06m, cal 32mm, weight: 25.4kg, iron projectile. c. 1510.]]
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