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[[Engineering:Muzzleloader|Muzzle-loading guns]] (as opposed to muzzle-loading mortars and howitzers) are an early type of [[Engineering:Artillery|artillery]], (often [[Engineering:Field artillery|field artillery]], but naval artillery and siege artillery were other types of muzzleloading artillery), used before, and even for some time after, breech-loading cannon became common. Projectile (early on with [[Engineering:Round shot|shot]] and then later on with [[Engineering:Shell (projectile)|shells]]) and [[Chemistry:Gunpowder|powder charge]] are loaded via the muzzle and rammed down the barrel, and then fired at the target. Muzzle-loading artillery came in [[Engineering:Smoothbore|smoothbore]] and [[Engineering:Rifling|rifled]] form, the rifled guns increasingly taking over from the smoothbores as time past and technology improved. Most were made of [[Chemistry:Bronze|bronze]] because of a lack of [[Chemistry:Metallurgy|metallurgic]] technology, but [[Chemistry:Cast iron|cast]] and [[Chemistry:Wrought iron|wrought-iron]] guns were common as well, particularly later on. Muzzleloading artillery evolved across a wide range of styles, beginning with the [[Engineering:Bombard (weapon)|bombard]], and evolving into [[Engineering:Culverin|culverins]], [[Engineering:Falconet (cannon)|falconets]], [[Engineering:Saker (cannon)|sakers]], [[Engineering:Demi-cannon|demi-cannon]], [[Engineering:Muzzle-loading rifle|rifled muzzle-loaders]], [[Engineering:Parrott rifle|Parrott rifle]]s, and many other styles. [[Engineering:Hand cannon|Handcannons]] are excepted from this list because they are hand-held and typically of small caliber.

==Smoothbore muzzle-loading cannon==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%;"
! width=15% | [[Engineering:Caliber|Caliber]] (mm)
! width=38% | Weapon name
! width=28% | Country of origin
! width=19% | Design
|-
| 40 || Hwangja-Chongtong || {{flag|Korea}} || Early 15th century
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| 50 || [[Engineering:Galloper gun|Galloper gun]] || {{USA}} || 1740
|-
| 61 || Hyunja-Chongtong || {{flag|Korea}} || Early 15th century
|-
| 76 || [[Engineering:Grasshopper cannon|Grasshopper cannon]] || {{UK}} || 18th century
|-
| 76 || [[Engineering:Minion (cannon)|Minion]] || {{UK}} || 18th century
|-
| 83 || [[Engineering:Saker (cannon)|Saker]] || {{UK}} || 18th century
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| 84 || Canon de 4 de Vallière || {{flag|Kingdom of France}}  || 1732
|-
| 84 || [[Engineering:Korean cannon#Late Joseon.28After Japanese invasions of Korea.29|So-po]] || {{flag|Korea}} || Late 19th century
|-
| 96 || Canon de 6 système An XI || {{FRA}} || 1803
|-
| 100 || [[Engineering:Demi-culverin|Demi-culverin]] || {{UK}} || 18th century
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| 100 || Hongyi-po || {{flag|Dutch Republic}} || Early 17th century
|-
| 105 || Jija-Chongtong || {{flag|Korea}} || Early 15th century
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| 118 || Cheonja-Chongtong || {{flag|Korea}} || Early 15th century
|-
| 120 || [[Engineering:Korean cannon#Late Joseon.28After Japanese invasions of Korea.29|Jung-po]] || {{flag|Korea}} || Late 19th century
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| 121 || Canon de 12 livres Le Solide || {{flag|Kingdom of France}} || 1688
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| 121 || Canon de 12 de Vallière || {{flag|Kingdom of France}} || 1732
|-
| 121 || Canon obusier de 12 || {{FRA}} || 1853
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| 130 || [[Engineering:Culverin#Field culverins|Culverin]] || {{UK}} || 18th century
|-
| 134 || Canon de 16 Le Combattant || {{flag|Kingdom of France}} || 1674
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| 134 || Canon de 16 La Curiosité || {{flag|Kingdom of France}} || 1679
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| 151 || Canon de 16 Le Protecteur || {{flag|Kingdom of France}} || 1683
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| 151 || Obusier de 15 cm Valée || {{FRA}} || 1828
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| 154 || [[Engineering:Demi-cannon|Demi-cannon]] || {{UK}} || 18th century
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| 155 || Canon de 24 de Vallière || {{flag|Kingdom of France}} || 1732
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| 162 || Obusier de 6 pouces Gribeauval || {{flag|Kingdom of France}} || 1764
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| 178 || Ornate Ottoman cannon || {{flag|Ottoman Empire}} || 1581
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| 204 || ML 8 inch shell gun || {{UK}} || 1820s
|-
| 206 || 68-pounder gun || {{UK}} || 1846
|-
|}

==Rifled muzzle-loading cannon==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%;"
! width=15% | [[Engineering:Caliber|Caliber]] (mm)
! width=38% | Weapon name
! width=28% | Country of origin
! width=19% | Design
|-
| 64 || RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun || {{UK}} || 1879
|-
| 73 || 2.9 inch [[Engineering:Parrott rifle|Parrott rifle]] || {{USA}} || 1860
|-
| 76 || [[Engineering:Field artillery in the American Civil War#3-inch ordnance rifle|3-inch ordnance rifle]] || {{USA}} || 1862
|-
| 76 || RML 7 pounder Mountain Gun || {{UK}} || 1873
|-
| 86 || Canon de campagne de 4 rayé || {{FRA}} || 1858
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| 96 || [[Engineering:Wiard rifle|Wiard rifle]] || {{USA}} || 1861
|-
| 121 || Canon de 12 La Hitte || {{FRA}} || 1859
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| 140 || 70-pounder Whitworth naval gun ||{{UK}} || 1860s
|-
| 160 || RML 64 pounder 64 cwt gun || {{UK}} || 1865
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| 160 || RML 64 pounder 71 cwt gun || {{UK}} || 1870
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| 160 || RML 6.3 inch Howitzer || {{UK}} || 1878
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| 178 || RML 7 inch gun || {{UK}} || 1860s-1890s
|-
| 191 || [[Engineering:Blakely rifle|Widow Blakely]] || {{flag|Confederate States of America}}  || 1861
|-
| 203 || RML 8 inch gun || {{UK}} || 1866
|-
| 206 || 68-pounder Lancaster gun || {{UK}} || 1850s
|-
| 227 || RML 9 inch 12 ton gun || {{UK}} || 1865
|-
| 233 || Somerset cannon || {{UK}} || 1863
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| 254 || RML 10 inch 18 ton gun || {{UK}} || 1868
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| 279 || RML 11 inch 25 ton gun || {{UK}} || 1867
|-
| 305 || RML 12 inch 25 ton gun || {{UK}} || 1866
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| 305 || RML 12 inch 35 ton gun || {{UK}} || 1873
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| 318 || RML 12.5 inch 38 ton gun || {{UK}} || 1875
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| 406 || RML 16 inch 80 ton gun || {{UK}} || 1880
|-
| 450 || RML 17.72 inch gun || {{UK}} || 1877
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Engineering:Artillery|Artillery]]
* [[Engineering:Bombard (weapon)|Bombard]]
* [[Engineering:Cannon|Cannon]]
* [[Engineering:Culverin|Culverin]]

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Lists of artillery|Muzzle-loading gun]]

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