The Faule Mette (German for Lazy Mette, alluding to the gun's rare deployment, difficult mobility, and limited loading and fire rate) or Faule Metze was...
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the cast-bronze Grose Bochse (also made by the Teutonic Knights) and Faule Mette. Schmidtchen 1977, p. 220 Schmidtchen 1977, p. 218 Schmidtchen 1977,...
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Byzantine bombard (Greek) Dardanelles bombard (Turkish) Dulle Griet Faule Grete Faule Mette Grose Bochse Mons Meg Orban bombard Pumhart von Steyr Cannons Abus...
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wrought-iron Mons Meg and Dulle Griet as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette, Faule Grete and Grose Bochse. "The Continuing Usefulness of Spolia II: Canons-Pierriers...
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wrought-iron Pumhart von Steyr and Dulle Griet as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette, Faule Grete, and Grose Bochse. The Tsar Cannon is a late 16th-century show-piece...
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warfare. Examples of pieces similar to Orban's productions like the Faule Mette, Dulle Griet, Mons Meg and the Pumhart von Steyr are still extant from...
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large-calibre weapons of the 15th century are the equally cast-bronze Faule Mette and the wrought-iron Dulle Griet and Mons Meg. Schmidtchen 1977, p. 235...
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Holy Roman Empire 745 Basilic Bombard 1453 Ottoman Empire Orban 735 Faule Mette Bombard 1411 City of Brunswick, Holy Roman Empire Henning Bussenschutte...
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falcon cannon (European) Fauconneau cannon (European) Faule Grete bombard (Polish) Faule Mette bombard (German) Fire arrow, rocket arrow (Chinese) Fire...
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wrought-iron Pumhart von Steyr and Mons Meg as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette, Faule Grete and Grose Bochse. List of the largest cannon by caliber Schmidtchen...
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Steyr, Dulle Griet and Mons Meg (all iron) as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette, Faule Grete and Dardanelles Gun. At the beginning of the development of...
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1464 660 Dulle Griet Holy Roman Empire First half of 15th century 735 Faule Mette Holy Roman Empire 1411 820 Pumhart von Steyr Austrian Empire Early...
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Explosive propulsion Cannon (e.g. Wuwei Bronze Cannon) Bombard (e.g. Faule Grete, Faule Mette, Pumhart von Steyr, Grose Bochse) Mortar Pneumatic-propelled Airgun...
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von Steyr, Dulle Griet and Mons Meg as well as the cast-bronze Faule Mette and Faule Grete (all from the 15th century). Counterweight trebuchet (12th...
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Pfaffenkrieg [de] (conflict between city council and churches) 1411 - Faule Mette cannon created. 1415 - Martino-Katharineum Braunschweig [de] secondary...
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Die Faule Mette in Braunschweig by Johann Georg Beck, 1717...
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fortifications were overwhelmed. Battle of Nicopolis 1398 Faule Metze (Metze, old term for a whore)("Lazy Mette"), a medieval supergun from 1411 from Braunschweig...
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