ser·pen·tine / ˈsərpənˌtēn; -ˌtīn/ • adj. of or like a serpent or snake: serpentine coils. ∎ winding and twisting like a snake: serpentine country lanes. ∎ complex, cunning, or treacherous: his charm was too subtle and serpentine for me. • n. 1. a dark green mineral consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate, sometimes mottled or spotted like a snake's skin. 2. a thing in the shape of a winding curve or line, in particular: ∎ a riding exercise consisting of a series of half-circles made alternately to right and left. 3. hist. a kind of cannon, used esp. in the 15th and 16th centuries. • v. [intr.] move or lie in a winding path or line: fresh tire tracks serpentined back toward the hopper.

Different Types of Cannon and Artillery Pieces

Many different cannons of widely differing lengths, calibers, and bores, were created, depending on their purpose. During the Tudor period, names of birds and mythical animals like Robinet, Falcon, Serpentine, Culverine (a mythical serpent that spat fire and smoke), Dragon, and Basilisk, were given to some types of cannon. Other general categories of cannon common during the 15th and 16th centuries include the Saker, Culverin, Minion, Veuglaire, and Ribaldequin. Many sub-categories of these cannons were cast, all with their own characteristics.

The introduction of gunpowder, and the consequent development of artillery as a new mode of warfare greatly changed the conduct and tactics of battle in the medieval and renaissance eras. The creation of the guns described here, and their many sub categories are the forerunners of today’s artillery.

Terms such as `handgun' (hantbus, `hand tube') and harquebus (haakbus, `hooked tube') for the smaller hand-held weapons, and serpent, serpentine, falcon, falconet, culverin, quartan and their equivalents for the larger guns existed from the fifteenth century onwards and continued in use long afterwards.

Bedankt voor alle reacties.

@ Jeroen.v wat was het kaliber van een serpentine dat is me niet helemaal duidelijk.

@ Hans1971 is 4 cm dan niet een beetje groot voor zo'n haakbuskogel. een draaibas kan toch ook http://www.maritiemdigitaal.nl/index.cf ... =120033506

Groet Pieter

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ZO IS DAT HUIS KANON

JA HANS DE KOGEL IS NOG NIET DOOR DE KERK

BLIJFT TOCHT MOELIJK

VROEGER WAREN ZE WEL DOM
ZE HADE HET ER OP MOETEN ZETEN

ZO ALS ZE NU DOEN MADE UIT CHINA

DUS ZO
DEZE KOMT UIT EEN HUIS KANON