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[[File:Hell_on_Wheels_12.png|thumb|250px|right|Ezio lighting a cannon]]
{{Quote|Soldiers have no respect for artillery. They expect a gun to work like magic. You need to feel her out, give her a little encouragement.|Monteriggioni's engineer to Ezio Auditore, 1500.|Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood|Target Practice}}
'''Cannons''' are projectile-based weaponry, used since Medieval times. They were often situated on stone walls, towers, [[Forts|fortresses]] or [[ships]].
[[File:Hell on Wheels 12.png|thumb|250px|right|Ezio lighting a cannon]]
'''Cannon''' is a projectile-based artillery used since the late medieval era and popularly up until the early 18th century. They were often situated on stone walls, towers, [[fort]]resses or [[ship]]s.


==Ammunition==
==Ammunition==
[[File:The Ghost War Act 1 1.png|thumb|250px|Grapeshot laying waste to gunboats]]
A variety of different forms of cannonball were invented during the weapon's period of general use.
*'''{{Wiki|Round shot}}''' is the term for a normal cannonball.<ref name="AC3"/>
 
*'''[[Chain Shot]] {{Wiki|Chain-shot}}s''' consisted of two linked cannonballs designed to disable a ship's sails, allowing her to be boarded.<ref name="AC3"/>
Beyond the typical {{Wiki|round shot}}, warships in particular also used {{Wiki|chain-shot}}, which consisted of two linked cannonballs designed to disable a ship's sails, allowing her to be boarded; {{Wiki|grapeshot}}, small, packed sacks of ballbearings or slugs similar to a shotgun shell, which were highly effective against a vessel's crew; and {{Wiki|heated shot}}s, which were designed to set a ship on fire, and caused significant damage at close range.<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
*'''{{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==
==History==
===Song dynasty===
One of the earliest known prototypes of what is now commonly referred to as a cannon were the metal thunderclap cannons (''fei yun pi-li pao'') of the [[Song military]], which shot out iron bombs at such speed and temperature the projectile would glow red and explode with a massive thunderclap-like boom. Such cannons were used by Song artillerymen during the [[Mongol conquest of China|Song defense against the Mongol invasion]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan]]'' – Chapter 1</ref>
===Renaissance Italy===
===Renaissance Italy===
[[File:Vilified_2.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio using a cannon during the siege of Monteriggioni]]
[[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.
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 [[Mercenary|men]] in the cannons' use.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Homecoming (Brotherhood)|Homecoming]]</ref><ref name="ACPL">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''</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.
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>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Vilified]]</ref>


[[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>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>
[[Leonardo da Vinci]] incorporated cannons into his [[war machine]]s for [[Cesare Borgia]]'s army, including the [[tank]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Hell on Wheels]]</ref> the [[Flying Machine|bomber]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Flying Machine 2.0]]</ref> and the [[Naval Cannon]]. The Naval Cannon was a boat capable of launching heated shots at a ship's sails, causing the masts to topple.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Loose Cannon]]</ref>


===Ottoman Empire===
===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.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
Cannons were among the [[war machine (Den Defense)|war machines]] used by the [[Byzantine Rite of the Templar Order|Byzantine Templars]] in their struggle for control of [[Constantinople]] with the [[Ottoman Brotherhood of Assassins|Ottoman Assassins]]. The Assassins eventually responded in kind by incorporating cannons into their barricades.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>


===Colonial America===
===Colonial America===
[[File:ACIII-Chase_7.png|thumb|250px|The ''[[Aquila]]'' avoiding mortar fire]]
[[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">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref>
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 [[Firearm|muskets]], neutralizing entire platoons at a time if aimed properly.<ref name="AC3"/>
 
Also introduced by this century were [[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 [[bomb]]s 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>
 
===Revolutionary France===
On 10 August 1792, the [[France|French]] military commander [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] had his men use a cannon to blow a hole into the wall of the [[Tuileries Palace]], allowing him and the Assassin [[Arno Dorian]] to escape the building amidst its [[10 August|storming]] by revolutionaries.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The King's Correspondence]]</ref> Later, Napoleon employed cannons again during the [[Siege of Toulon]], which were supplied by [[Philippe Rose]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – ''[[Dead Kings]]'' – [[A Crown of Thorns]]</ref>


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"/>
During the [[13 Vendémiaire]] uprising of 1795, Napoleon infamously used cannon fire against the rebelling [[royalists]] in the streets of [[Paris]], killing approximately 300 people.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 13 Vendémiaire]]</ref><ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[The Infernal Machine]]</ref>
 
==Behind the scenes==
Interestingly, the cannons used in the memory "[[Vilified]]" were not present in the memory "[[Target Practice]]", even though the first memory took place only a day after the second. 


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
Harsh Words PL.jpg|Cannons used in the Defense of [[Camerino]]
Harsh Words PL.jpg|Cannons used in the Defense of [[Camerino]]
Fall of Monteriggioni EzioCannon Concept.JPG|Concept art of Ezio firing a cannon
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]]
Battle for Bunker hill concept by Gilles Beloiel.png|Concept art of cannons used during the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]]
Target Practice 1.png|The mercenaries by a cannon
Target Practice 1.png|Mercenaries standing next to a cannon
ACC China Cannon Render.png|A cannon used in China during the Ming Dynasty
Prizes and Plunder 3.png|[[Edward Kenway]] using a swivel cannon
ACFT - Edward checking on Yun.png|[[Yun Pyeong-Gyu]] installing cannons on the ''[[Fenghuang]]''
ACIII-Execution_5.png|[[Haytham Kenway]] sabotaging a cannon
ACIII-Execution_5.png|[[Haytham Kenway]] sabotaging a cannon
ACIII-BattleofMonmouth_2.png|A cannon being used during the [[Battle of Monmouth]]
ACIII-BattleofMonmouth_2.png|A cannon being used during the [[Battle of Monmouth]]
The Ghost War Act 1 1.png|The ''Aquila'' firing grapeshot at enemy gunboats
ACU. Napoleon cannon.png|Napoleon Bonaparte commanding artillery in the streets of Paris
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Reference==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]] – [[Battle of Forlì (DLC)|Battle of Forlì]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''
**''[[The Tyranny of King Washington]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
**''[[Freedom Cry]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Black Flag]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Pirates]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Blackbeard – The Lost Journal]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''
**''[[Dead Kings]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]''
**''[[Creed vs Crows]]'' {{c|non-canon}}
*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forgotten Temple]]''
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
 
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"Soldiers have no respect for artillery. They expect a gun to work like magic. You need to feel her out, give her a little encouragement."
―Monteriggioni's engineer to Ezio Auditore, 1500.[src]-[m]
Ezio lighting a cannon

Cannon is a projectile-based artillery used since the late medieval era and popularly up until the early 18th century. They were often situated on stone walls, towers, fortresses or ships.

Ammunition[edit | edit source]

A variety of different forms of cannonball were invented during the weapon's period of general use.

Beyond the typical round shot, warships in particular also used chain-shot, which consisted of two linked cannonballs designed to disable a ship's sails, allowing her to be boarded; grapeshot, small, packed sacks of ballbearings or slugs similar to a shotgun shell, which were highly effective against a vessel's crew; and heated shots, which were designed to set a ship on fire, and caused significant damage at close range.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Song dynasty[edit | edit source]

One of the earliest known prototypes of what is now commonly referred to as a cannon were the metal thunderclap cannons (fei yun pi-li pao) of the Song military, which shot out iron bombs at such speed and temperature the projectile would glow red and explode with a massive thunderclap-like boom. Such cannons were used by Song artillerymen during the Song defense against the Mongol invasion.[2]

Renaissance Italy[edit | edit source]

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 Borgia, or from their long time enemies in Florence, Mario rigorously trained his men in the cannons' use.[3][4]

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 on the town, destroying many of the French Army's cannons.[5]

Leonardo da Vinci incorporated cannons into his war machines for Cesare Borgia's army, including the tank,[6] the bomber,[7] and the Naval Cannon. The Naval Cannon was a boat capable of launching heated shots at a ship's sails, causing the masts to topple.[8]

Ottoman Empire[edit | edit source]

Cannons were among the war machines used by the Byzantine Templars in their struggle for control of Constantinople with the Ottoman Assassins. The Assassins eventually responded in kind by incorporating cannons into their barricades.[9]

Colonial America[edit | edit source]

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 muskets, neutralizing entire platoons at a time if aimed properly.[1]

Also introduced by this century were swivel guns, 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 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.[1][10]

Revolutionary France[edit | edit source]

On 10 August 1792, the French military commander Napoleon Bonaparte had his men use a cannon to blow a hole into the wall of the Tuileries Palace, allowing him and the Assassin Arno Dorian to escape the building amidst its storming by revolutionaries.[11] Later, Napoleon employed cannons again during the Siege of Toulon, which were supplied by Philippe Rose.[12]

During the 13 Vendémiaire uprising of 1795, Napoleon infamously used cannon fire against the rebelling royalists in the streets of Paris, killing approximately 300 people.[13][14]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Interestingly, the cannons used in the memory "Vilified" were not present in the memory "Target Practice", even though the first memory took place only a day after the second. 

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Cannons used in the Defense of Camerino
    Cannons used in the Defense of Camerino
  • Concept art of Ezio firing a cannon
    Concept art of Ezio firing a cannon
  • Concept art of cannons used during the Battle of Bunker Hill
    Concept art of cannons used during the Battle of Bunker Hill
  • Mercenaries standing next to a cannon
    Mercenaries standing next to a cannon
  • A cannon used in China during the Ming Dynasty
    A cannon used in China during the Ming Dynasty
  • Edward Kenway using a swivel cannon
    Edward Kenway using a swivel cannon
  • Yun Pyeong-Gyu installing cannons on the Fenghuang
    Yun Pyeong-Gyu installing cannons on the Fenghuang
  • Haytham Kenway sabotaging a cannon
    Haytham Kenway sabotaging a cannon
  • A cannon being used during the Battle of Monmouth
    A cannon being used during the Battle of Monmouth
  • The Aquila firing grapeshot at enemy gunboats
    The Aquila firing grapeshot at enemy gunboats
  • Napoleon Bonaparte commanding artillery in the streets of Paris
    Napoleon Bonaparte commanding artillery in the streets of Paris

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Assassin's Creed III
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan – Chapter 1
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Homecoming
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Vilified
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Hell on Wheels
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Flying Machine 2.0
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Loose Cannon
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – The King's Correspondence
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Dead Kings – A Crown of Thorns
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: 13 Vendémiaire
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – The Infernal Machine

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