Add more devastating firepower to your Pike & Shotte army with this menacing demi-culverin. This new gun and crew are ideals for sieges or simply breaking up your opponents battleline…
Artillery of the 17th Century was extremely expensive to field and often arrived on the battlefield late, or not at all! Nevertheless, generals of the period would rather have arrived naked themselves rather leave their artillery train at home!
The more imposing the gun, the greater the noise and therefore the shock effect that a huge booming cannon could produce on the field of battle. The Thirty Years War and the English Civil War battlefields saw guns of all calibres fielded, but a cannon the size of a demi-culverin would need a huge team of horses, laborers, and skilled men to get it to the field and emplaced safely for a day's slaughter…
Ideally, it would be mounted on a sturdy gun platform of heavy timber, and if possible, protected with fascines or earthen gabions. This gave a fire-base that was secure and solid, as there was nothing a general enjoyed more than writing in his after-battle report how many heavy guns he had taken on the field that day! Guns and standards were trophies of the age, after all.
Make sure your opponent receives a pummeling from your heavy guns – roundshot at great ranges, and hailshot when he closes. If he dares…
If you are intent on pounding your enemy's army into submission or breaking through their fortifications, you would do well to check out two more pieces of ordnance – the Saker Cannon and the Mortar.
Our Master Gunner miniature is an excellent addition to either Saker or Demi-culverin as he lays the gun in readiness for the bombardment it shall unleash!
We have more Pike & Shotte ordnance on the way with a light gun and a Swedish leather gun with you soon!