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Heilongjiang Hand Cannon
Year 1288 · Yuan Dynasty China

Heilongjiang Hand Cannon

The oldest surviving confirmed firearm — a bronze hand cannon from 13th-century China.

Caliber
25 mm
Weight
3.55 kg
Range
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1288Selected: 12882010

All entries, in order

  1. 011288Heilongjiang Hand Cannon
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  3. 031425Pumhart von Steyr
  4. 041449Mons Meg
  5. 051453Basilic
  6. 061464Dardanelles Gun
  7. 071550Culverin
  8. 081586Tsar Cannon
  9. 09177968-pounder Carronade
  10. 101853Canon obusier de 12
  11. 111857Mallet's Mortar
  12. 121860Parrott Rifle (10-pounder)
  13. 131861Edinburgh One O'Clock Gun
  14. 141862Gatling Gun
  15. 151877Armstrong 100-ton Gun
  16. 161888Zalinski Pneumatic Dynamite Gun
  17. 171897Canon de 75 modèle 1897
  18. 181914Big Bertha
  19. 191914BL 9.2-inch Howitzer
  20. 201918Paris Gun
  21. 2119338.8 cm Flak 18/36/37
  22. 221934Bofors 40 mm L/60
  23. 231936Krupp K5
  24. 241938M1 155 mm Long Tom
  25. 251939Oerlikon 20 mm
  26. 261940Karl-Gerät
  27. 27194040 cm/45 Type 94 Naval Gun
  28. 281940Ordnance QF 25-pounder
  29. 291941Schwerer Gustav
  30. 3019417.5 cm Pak 40
  31. 311941BM-13 Katyusha
  32. 3219428.8 cm KwK 36
  33. 33194228 cm SK L/50 Coastal Gun
  34. 34194316-inch/50 Mark 7
  35. 351944Little David
  36. 361955M40 Recoilless Rifle
  37. 371963M110 Howitzer
  38. 381977GAU-8/A Avenger
  39. 391980Phalanx CIWS
  40. 401983M270 MLRS
  41. 4119892S19 Msta-S
  42. 421991Rheinmetall 120 mm L/55
  43. 432005M777 Howitzer
  44. 442008CAESAR
  45. 452010M142 HIMARS