Engineering:Bâton à feu
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Bâton à feu. | |
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![]() Bâton à feu (1380). Musée de l'Armée. | |
Type | Hand artillery |
Place of origin | Western Europe |
Service history | |
In service | 1380-1400? |
Used by | Western European countries |
Wars | Hundred Years War |
Production history | |
Designer | Unknown |
Designed | 13th century |
Produced | 14th century |
No. built | ? |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1.04kg |
Barrel length | 18 cm |
Calibre | 2 cm |
Effective firing range | ? |
The Bâton à feu, or Baston à feu (French for "Fire stick"), is a type of hand cannon developed in the 14th century in Western Europe. This weapon type corresponds to the portable artillery of the second half of 14th century.[1]
The Bâton à feu at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris has an hexagonal cross-section, and looks like a steel tube. It weighs 1.04 kg, and has a length of 18 cm. Its caliber is 2 cm.
![](/wiki/images/thumb/2/26/HandBombardWesternEurope1390-1400.jpg/250px-HandBombardWesternEurope1390-1400.jpg)
A Bâton à feu or "Hand bombard" with its wooden pole, France, 1390–1400.
In order to facilitate handling, the metal piece was placed at the end of a wooden pole. The powder was ignited through a small hole at the top, with a red-hot steel stick.[1]
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![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bâton à feu.
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