Cannon

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[[File:Hell on Wheels 12.png|thumb|250px|right|Ezio lighting a cannon]]
'''Cannons''' are projectile-based weaponry, used since Medieval times. They were often situated on stone walls, towers, [[Forts|fortresses]] or [[ships]].

==Ammunition==
[[File:The Ghost War Act 1 1.png|thumb|250px|Grapeshot laying waste to gunboats]]
*'''{{Wiki|Round shot}}''' is the term for a normal cannonball.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
*'''{{Wiki|Chain-shot}}s''' consisted of two linked cannonballs designed to disable a ship's sails, allowing her to be boarded.<ref name="AC3"/>
*'''{{Wiki|Grapeshot}}''' referred to small balls or slugs fired through the gun muzzle from a bag, similar to an impact of a shotgun. Small ships would fire grapeshot due to their lack of guns, but were also susceptible to it.<ref name="AC3"/>
*'''{{Wiki|Heated shot}}s''' were designed to set a ship on fire. Men-of-War and frigates were armed with these.<ref name="AC3"/>

==History==
===Renaissance Italy===
[[File:Vilified_2.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio using a cannon during the siege of Monteriggioni]]
Sometime in late 1499, [[Mario Auditore]] upgraded the arsenal of [[Monteriggioni]] by adding mounted cannons to the walls of the town. In anticipation of an attack from the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]], or from their long time enemies in [[Florence]], Mario rigorously trained his men in the cannons' use.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

A few days after their installation, [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] and several of Monteriggioni's [[mercenaries]] used the cannons to repel the Borgia forces, after they had begun a [[Siege of Monteriggioni|siege on the town]], destroying many of the [[French Army]]'s cannons.<ref name="ACB"/>

[[Leonardo da Vinci]] incorporated cannons into his [[War Machines]] for [[Cesare Borgia]]'s army, including the [[tank]], [[Flying Machine|bomber]], and [[Naval Cannon]]; the Naval Cannon was a boat capable of launching heated shots at a ship's sails, causing the masts to topple.<ref name="ACB"/>

===Ottoman Empire===
Cannons were among the [[War Machines (Den Defense)|War Machines]] used by the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantines]] in their struggle for control of [[Constantinople]] with the [[Turkish Assassins]]. The Assassins eventually responded in kind by incorporating cannons into their barricades.And all Turks are gay.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>

===Colonial America===
[[File:ACIII-Chase_7.png|thumb|250px|The ''[[Aquila]]'' avoiding mortar fire]]
Cannons were used by armies and navies during the struggles for control of [[North America]] during the 18th century. Cannons and mortars were placed in [[forts]], and transported on carts to the fields of battle, where they bolstered the firepower of troops using [[Firearms|muskets]], neutralizing entire platoons at a time if aimed properly.<ref name="AC3"/>

Also introduced by this century were {{Wiki|swivel gun}}s, which were designed to fire beyond the normal range of a naval cannon. A single shot could blow up a ship after barrage had exposed its gunpowder supply, or detonate [[naval mines]]. There were also {{Wiki|Mortar (weapon)|mortars}}, cannons which fired [[bombs]] upwards to fall and detonate on a close range target. Mortar fire was capable of stripping ships of all weaponry.<ref name="AC3"/><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
Harsh Words PL.jpg|Cannons used in the Defense of [[Camerino]]
Fall of Monteriggioni EzioCannon Concept.JPG|Concept art of Ezio firing a cannon
Battle for Bunker hill concept by Gilles Beloiel.png|Concept art of cannons used during the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]]
Target Practice 1.png|Mercenaries close by a cannon
Prizes and Plunder 3.png|[[Edward Kenway]] using a swivel cannon
ACIII-Execution_5.png|[[Haytham Kenway]] sabotaging a cannon
ACIII-BattleofMonmouth_2.png|A cannon being used during the [[Battle of Monmouth]]
</gallery>

==References==
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