Basilic (cannon)
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basilic-cannon-270-5223355
title:
Basilic (cannon)
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The Basilic, or The Ottoman Cannon was a very large-calibre cannon designed by Orban, a cannon engineer, Saruca Usta and architect Muslihiddin Usta at a time when cannons were still new. It is one of the largest cannons ever built. The cannon was first offered to Constantine XI, who turned it down due to the cost of its construction. It was later offered to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, who ordered the cannon built after learning that it could smash through walls using a large projectile. When i
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15th-century siege cannon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilic_(cannon)
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2024-01-29T20:08:44Z
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