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2293:"Long-range artillery piece, as distinguished from other big guns such as the howitzer or mortar. Early cannons, appearing in Europe in the 15th century, were smooth-bored and forged of iron, weighed 6,000–8,000 lbs (2,800–3,600 kg) and were loaded through the muzzle. They were mounted on wheeled carriages, which were thrown backward when the cannon was fired. Rifled bores and breechloading were adopted in the later 19th century, and new mechanisms such as the hydraulic buffer absorbed the recoil. Before 1850 ammunition was either cannister, grapeshot, or round, solid cannonballs and black powder, but rifled bores made possible the use of elongated projectiles, which had a longer range. The shrapnel shell was widely used in the 19th–20th century. Modern cannons, of high-grade steel, are towed on split-trail carriages or are mounted on tracked vehicles; a common calibre is 155 mm (6 in.). Many helicopters, airplanes, and naval vessels are equipped with multibarreled, Gatling-type rotary cannons firing 20-mm exploding shells." 1105:

however the weapon's low rate of fire limited its use to only the most skilled pilots. The British trialled the Quick Firing 1 pounder on several types but none found official favour, while the Germans, Italians and Russians all trialled Cannons. The low rate of fire usually rendered most cannons unsuitable for combat. Probably the most well known pre-ww2 cannon was the Coventry Ordinance Works (COW) gun fitted to a couple of experimental RAF fighters (known as COW gun fighters). During WW2 the 37mm cannon was fitted to the Bell P-39 and P-63, which though not finding favour with the Americans, was well liked by the Russians, who found that a single well placed shot from the cannon would destroy almost any German aircraft. As a result while post-war USAF aircraft carried on with the then inadequate .50 cal machine gun, Russian fighters such as the MiG-15 were equipped with a very effective 37mm cannon.

1416:. Longer introduction maybe?. The users that took part in the vote here apparently have little or no subject matter knowledge, judging by their inability to spot any issues, and just giving rubber-stamping votes. This article actually had a few more problems than the one on gunpowder. That one lacked some information; this one had wrong statements, and statements that were individually correct but sequenced in a misleading way—misleading for the total neophyte; for anyone with more knowledge they provided amusement. 20:52, 13 September 2011 (UTC) 289: 2363:

couldn't think of any military that doesn't use it with an "s". They said that countries that use "cannon" as plural still use "autocannons". One of them was stationed in Germany for a few years and said that's what the German soldiers he spoke with used "autocannons" even though they used "cannon" as plural. Ditto for the one French soldier he spoke with. This was while speaking in English in both cases. They told me that the Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and S Korean militaries all use "autocannons", when speaking in English.

31: 279: 258: 951:) 06:07, 17 May 2012 (UTC) I was in the US Navy, 1969-1973 and I can assure you that we never referred to shipboard artillery as "cannon." With few exceptions, all of the weapons were referred to as naval rifles, not just because of the rifling but because of the proportions of the tubes; my ship carried a 5"/54, considerably longer, proportionally, than (let's say) a howitzer. One exception that I know of was the Newport News, who carried 8" howitzers. 182: 2328:

I certainly feel I represent at least some of the previous editors on this. It was all fine until BilCat came along. I also think both "cannon" and "cannons" should be considered acceptable on all Cannon pages. Four different sources say that both are acceptable. I am willing to consider that separately from the Autocannon page. It's not like I'm saying everything should use an "s." I'm saying both should be acceptable here on Knowledge (XXG). --

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Navy refers to Guns mounted on a ship as cannons, but if you took that same exact cannon and mounted it on dry land it would be a Gun and not a cannon. Because the Army never used cannons but rather guns. I point this out for your reference. Since this is not my fiend of expertise, I give you the information on the talk page. ~akc9000

1467:, and being on various UNESCO committees doesn't entail much for one's academic reputation. Syrian universities are also not fabled for academic freedom or much independence from their government's views. Also, the claims from him put forth in this article are not even from his UNESCO-published books, but from his personal web site. 1952:(admittedly more of a forum for syntax professionals), which describes English as having evolved from cannon to cannons over time. This Cannon article itself says that in American English, "cannons" is more common, and uses "cannons" in a number of places throughout the article. I think you should undo your changes. -- 1868:(admittedly more of a forum for syntax professionals), which describes English as having evolved from cannon to cannons over time. This Cannon article itself says that in American English, "cannons" is more common, and uses "cannons" in a number of places throughout the article. I think you should undo your changes. -- 3182:

article - in particular the section "Development of the Classic Gun". If the text and refs there belong anywhere it's probably this Cannon article so I suggest having a look and "importing" anything that is worth keeping, because once I delete it it will be gone from WP for good. Just remember to tag

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at that time should still be used now unless there is a very good reason not to. Cannon is the plural of cannon in the UK as is aircraft and sheep (not aircrafts and sheeps), what it is anywhere else I couldn't say. I can see that many edits have been wasted over this plurality 'mistake' and I'm also

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I think you missed the point - all articles should be accessible to anyone and it shouldn't take an expert to gauge its quality. Since the story of gunpowder is that of chemistry, while this is more a matter of events and people, this article should be more accessible. Lots more to do here still, and

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Cannons are "medium caliber" guns, larger than machine guns, smaller than artillery. The general definition is "between .50 caliber (12.7 in) and 40 mm," but the definition is a bit fluid, and changes with technology or local conditions. E.g. If your army issues a 54 mm gun, and it is a rapid-firing,

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It depends on how one defines siege engine; according to our article, cannon would be siege engines, however, if I remember correctly, most of the books cited in this article that mentioned siege engines referred to trebuchets, catapults, siege towers and the like. It might be worth further research,

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From the article as it stands, it is clear that there are different entire sets of terminology that are incompatible with each other. For example, when we refer to an aircraft cannon, we do not mean that it fires cannonballs of 42 pounds or more. This is not an argument waiting to be resolved, it is

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The way that WP works is that the Intro should summarize the body. In this case the body has a whole lot to say (under "Islamic world"), and it's pretty clear that there are several points of view - as indeed there are with the Chinese dates. Happy to discuss, but please don't simply try to 'win' by

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In summary, I strongly believe "autocannons" should be accepted here since it is accepted everywhere else, and I honestly believe it's the most common usage worldwide. The dozens, if not hundreds of previous people editing the Autocannon article used "autocannons" so it's not like I'm alone in this.

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No, I think Websters, and the other references clearly indicate that both are acceptable and you should not be making edits to remove the "s". Especially in the case of autocannons, where I have never once read it used without an "s". Nor have I ever heard anyone in the U.S. military not use the "s"

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Aviation usage is separate for a reason as most cannon use is either nautical or army, while aviation use has its own history as well as technical difficulties that had to be overcome and this would be lost being buried in with the rest. I agree the part about limited rounds needs moving though (the

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Anyway, you will see that these are not restricted to aircraft, but can be in any field, including maritime and land. The 40mm Bofors, and the 25 mm Bushmaster on the Bradley are two good examples. I think the Aviation section should be updated to refer to the modern use in general. Should not break

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say "cannon", I mean something very precise: "a standalone piece of field artillery that is much too large to be lifted off the ground except by heavy machinery". However, that is a definition I have made up out of thin air, because the people who write "Cannon" articles won't explain it to me. :D

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In contrast, a typical ship-of-the-line during this era would by itself boast up to a hundred guns. At Trafalgar, the British fleet had 33 ships (including 27 ships-of-the-line) with a total of 2,312 guns by my tally. This is an order of magnitude higher than the number of guns boasted by a typical

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No mention has been made of the weapons used on Soviet/Russian ships - the US weapons sound impressive only when the Russians are ignored. The Russian AK-176 76mm/3" cannon is capable of firing over 2 rounds per second (130 rpm) and the 130mm/5.1" is capable of 80 rpm from a two barrel installation

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I believe in that article, the difference is that guns dispense static rounds (bullets) versus cannon dispensing exploding shells. This article on cannon is incomplete without explaining how early cannon fired "balls" of mass versus the invention of exploding shells. Do all modern cannon dispense

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Having read the angst over cannons versus cannon as a plural, I hesitate to bring this up. The side view illustration is helpful. However the spelling le is unusual. According to Wiktionary “le” is an alternative spelling but it has no source and no quotations. I’ve never seen this spelling before

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I've brought this up before, but without getting any reactions. If it weren't for the FA status, I wouldn't mind much, but I believe this particular information gap borders on a template-taggable issue. The almost exclusive focus on the English/British and US navies makes it even more problematic.

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The first installation of a cannon on an aircraft was likely on the 1910 Voisin Canon. Possibly the most successful (or least unsuccessful) was the SPAD S.12 Ca.1 which was fitted with a 37mm Puteaux Cannon which fired through the centre of a specially designed Hispano-Suiza 8 engine's crankshaft,

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During Bernal Diaz's book on the conquest of Mexico he describes of periods when the Conquistadors had run out of shot for their single cannon but continued to fire gunpowder from it for morale purposes and to scare waves of Aztecs back from them. This is a fairly significant historical example of

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Generally, the term Siege Engine is reserved, in my experience, for weapons that are either useless against anything but a fortification, or that is very difficult to use in the field, against troops. Except for the ballista, the bulk of ancient artillery was rarely used in ancient engagements (in

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So I realize none of that discussion is reference-able, but I think the Autocannon article should be excluded from the current cannon plurality policy. I think they're correct when they say that even amongst people who use "cannon" as plural, a very large percentage of them say "autocannons". The

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I had a chance to talk with a couple of U.S. military guys I know over the holidays, and I mentioned the Cannon Plural discussion above with them. They felt that "cannons" was more common worldwide in this day and age, but left it at that. They felt more strongly about "autocannons" however. They

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I had not seen that archived post. I can see that the Cannon article uses "cannons" in a number of places, and I see that there's a reference titled "The Cannons of San Francisco" on it. I also see something on Websters that I didn't notice before, which is their Concise Encyclopedia entry, which

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On a trip to a fort, I have been told by a number of people working at the fort when I mentioned that "I have never seen a cannon this large", I was corrected and told that I would need to call what I was looking at a "Gun" and the "Cannon Balls" were prjectiles. Asking why? I was told that the

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Yes, you may, and thank you. @Trifler, I'm not sure how we can both look at the same linkand see different things. All the link you provide says about plurals is "plural usually cannon", and that's right at the top of the page. Merriam-Webster's is an American dictionary, and that's also what my

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the narrative arc, as this use came into being around the same time. As the rapid-firing automatic cannon was being developed, some were put in aircraft. But it was a distinctly different beast than the (broadly small-arms sized) machine gun, or the much heavier and slower-firing artillery gun.

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The section's second paragraph (the carronade) says about splinters that "they were believed to be deadly" - would there ever have been any doubt about the lethality of meters long, jagged pieces of wood scything through the air and through the bodies of those who happened to be in their way? --

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BilCat, I just read the reference you indicated. It (Websters) states that cannon and cannons are both correct usage, which is what I wrote, and you said the reference says only "cannon" is correct. Likewise, Answers.com says that both forms are common usage in both the US and UK. A third site,

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Why was the use of cannons geared so much towards naval combat? Why could a nation not gain an advantage for its forces by earmarking the production of its cannons towards land combat, thus outmassing enemies in artillery by many times? What am I missing here? The article does not answer these

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I guess I take it back: after implementing an article prose-size script, I am now told that the "prose" portion of the article is only 43 KB. Is this still too big? In my opinion, frankly, yes. Is it big enough to formally require re-scaling or splitting? Hm. Maybe not But maybe this is

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There is no mention of naval artillery before the 17th century. The impression one gets is that guns at sea were virtually non-existent before that time. I'm sure this isn't intentional, so wouldn't it be advantageous to stock up on more info on the early development of the naval gun?

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which I suggest be a link somewhere, if only for the illustration of the parts of a cascabel. Perhaps we are stuck with the illustration, so I’d like to see a note attached re spelling. (Or globalize and call it a cul de lampe.) Load the spelling cannon (or cannons)!

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For instance, typical armies in the Napoleonic wars would have a few hundred cannons. E.g., at the battle of Waterloo, the French had ~250, and the Allies ~150. (The number of Prussian guns is not mentioned in the article, but is presumably comparable.)

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If deemed appropriate, I was wondering if anybody might contribute information regarding the supporting structures for cannon, carriages, chaces, tackle, etc., especially in historical naval applications, or at least link to this type of information.

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were the first to employ effective naval cannons and did so as early as the 14th century. The article needs at least a minimal update about the use in galleys and the development for use on earlier sailing vessels, before the late 17th century.

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A pair of edits recently changed the sequence of early cannon use following origins in China. This seems to hinge on earliest subsequent use in Western Europe or in Islamic world. Surely with discussion a unified approach can be worked out. —

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In fact, the powder charge is delivered to the recessed part of the breech end by a special tool that places the powder there. It is not simply poured into the barrel. If you know nothing about the subject you should not be posting responses.

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There's still an obvious lack of information on the early development of naval gunpowder artillery. Someone who reads this article will get the impression that cannons were first used on sailing ships in the 17th century,. The truth is that

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amazed at how many edits have been made to the article since it was promoted though it seems to be a target for vandalism. There are more constructive things to do than argue about something that has been accepted for over six years.

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I may be a tiny bit biased towards the version that passed FAC as it was partially my work, but I'm intimately familiar with the article and could perhaps take a look in the next few days. If anyone thinks it's necessary, of course.

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In any case there is already a section for modern usage under 20th and 21st Centuries, however that section could do with some expansion and maybe the terminology part of that broken off into its own section and moved up and

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Hmm, seems like you're right; if you could fix that yourself, that would be helpful. I don't really have much time and might not be able to get to it for a few weeks, and it seems Grimhelm is rather inactive as well. ·

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The first two paragraphs have been edited to add sexual content to the Cannon entry. I thought I was on a parody site at first. I'm not an editor, but wanted to alert whoever takes care of this article. Example:

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British army. Of course, the British had more armies, but by the same token, they also had more fleets. The Royal Navy around this time had something like 90 ships of the line and several hundred smaller ships.

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someone has change paragraph 1 and some other parts of this article and im not sure why no one has noticed it. please change it back to the origional version because i dont really know how to work wikipedia. `

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I apologize for only leaving this note. I don't have the time to do this myself, and I travel most of the time, so don't have access to my library when I do have spare time, so cannot get specifics right now.

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The article needs a table relating the "pound" rating of a gun to its bore diameter. Minimally there should be a description of the definition of poundage in terms of diameter of the shot. Thanks if you can

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for Tzatzikification , to bring it up to the same standard as the similarly named section here. (For those unfamiliar with the term, Tzatzikification is a collaborative effort to improve the article by the

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This was recoilless, another category that has been neglected (though most are designated as rifles despite their size putting them squarely in the cannon category). The Davis gun springs to mind here.

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From the description of the device, it seems more like an organ gun or volley gun rather than an actual "autocannon". If so, then it is at the very least preceded by at least a few hundred years.

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Thank you Nimbus. I agree that BilCat should leave the page the way it was for six years. Also here's a fourth reference saying that both are acceptable, since BilCat just disagreed again:

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Little mention has also been made of guns (mostly howitzers and mortars) mounted on railroad cars, which were common in eastern Europe and Russia were roads are sparse and/or unsuitable.

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I am certain that the powder is placed in the chamber, which is a recess at the breech end of the bore, rather then just poured in. I, however, don't have a source to provide.

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I could not find any information on manufacture of cannon in the article, and if there are any links they are not easy to find. Is there any particular reason for this? • • •

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for the plural form. "Cannons" is pretty much ubiquitous in the U.S. military as well, although "cannon" is used sometimes when referring to the Age of Sail time period. --

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Is it really necessary to have to define three or four terms for each direction? (Nor are they complete - 'foremost' and 'forward' are not listed and are both used.)

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is also correct' has been in the article since it was promoted to Featured Article in 2008. Whatever form was consistently used throughout the article and accepted at

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Since you haven't received a reply, I'll just say that if you have access to information on cannon development in the Mediterranean region, feel free to add it. --

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take part in the 1453 siege of Constantinople (apart from that, there is anyhow little point in mentioning the same cannon in four different, unrelated passages).

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I believe it would be easier reading of one of these was used consistently throughout the article rather than sometimes using one and sometimes the other.

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The development of naval artillery is described in this article as though it began in England in the 1300s (the "three cannon and one hand gun" of the

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in length when it was made a Featured Article in March 2008, so maybe it's worth examining the accumulated material and whether its up to scratch.

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As of today, Wednesday the 16th of May, 2012, this article is around 100KB in size. This is twice the recommended article size limit given in

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They are not discussed in the text, as far as I can tell. There are thousands upon thousands of cannon- and shell- related patents in the US.

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The name escapes me at the moment but a Korean Admiral mounted cannon on armoured 'turtle' ships to defeat the Japanese in the 1500's (IIRC).

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I think some other key publications (e.g. Janes annuals) make reference to the basic definition in the relevant works, in the introduction.

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article mentions a lombard, which I gather from the 1913 edition of Webster's is a small cannon. Does anyone have any further information? --

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I think I have done pretty much all that I can do myself with the article. I have brought in the relevant material from the sections here on

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It would also be good to avoid words like "piece" which are not readily understandable to all readers, where "cannon" could easily be used.

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direct-fire gun, you may consider the top end to be 54 mm. Indirect fire weapons (grenade launchers) and some other things are excluded.

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I object to giving so much emphasis to this man's website in this article. He is no stranger to politics. Keep in mind that much of the

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The end of the "Early modern period" subsection claims that Nathaniel Nye cited Thomas Malthus's writings on artillery in his book

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Hearing other opinions would be helpful, as it would to hear whether people would then prefer the use of “cannon” or “cannons”.

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don't quote me on this, but I believe that rail mounted guns are in there own category... might want to check that though.

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I'm not sure what Webster's you're using, but mine says the plural is cannon. So no, I won't be changing anything. -

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I suspect the following to be incorrect: "To pack a muzzle-loading cannon, first gunpowder is poured down the bore."

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The Mamluks in 1260 is before the Chinese in 1288, and this fact must be included in the Introduction.

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It seems like before the mid-19th century, cannons were used predominantly on sea, rather than at land.

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The Aviation Use section is close to accurate, but too narrow and discusses the naming rather remotely.

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I suspect a broad reorganization of what has been added to the page thus far is needed on both pages.

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https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220840/http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/archive/070318/books2.htm

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If I may, this text 'Cannon serves both as the singular and plural of the noun, although the plural

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Then use the same sources for both wikipedia articles. It belongs here too. Put it in.

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and both can be used as anti-aircraft weapons aside from their normal surface to surface role.

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The article clearly mentions that either “cannon” or “cannons” can be used as the plural.

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need to add at least a sentence on cannons versus guns. See usage of guns and cannon on

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article. That had used "cannon" as a plural for years. See the previous discussion at

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something to keep an eye on for the future. That is all. Thank you for your time.

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http://www.amazon.com/Cannons-Warfare-Brasseys-Battlefield-Technology/dp/1857531043

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If you need a reference, this is a rather nice and easily-consumable printed work:

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printed edition says. Sorry if the truth isn't "a compelling argument" to you. -

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I'll help you with that as soon as we finish history of timekeeping devices. ·

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fact, use of artillery was one of Alexander the Great's largest advantages)

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The Mamluks used hand cannons in battle against the Mongols in 1260 at the

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and the single extant piece, which, having been cast as late as 1464, did

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Would it be sacrilege to use ordinary English "front" and "back"? (See

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Hey mate. yes, a cannon can totally be called a siege engine. check out

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This absolutely belongs in the second paragraph of the Introduction,

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and it isn’t in my goto dictionary. Knowledge (XXG) has an article

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I don't see a great difference in quality between this and, say,

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splinters from hits in wooden ships ("18th and 19th centuries")

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shells, or do some modern cannon still dispense static masses?

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I have corrected the constant confusion between the cannon of

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simply several sets of jargon that nobody has explained yet.

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