Dardanelles Gun
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dardanelles-gun-184-16369827
title:
Dardanelles Gun
text:
The Dardanelles Gun or Great Turkish Bombard is a 15th-century siege cannon, specifically a super-sized bombard, which saw action in the 1807 Dardanelles operation. It was built in 1464 by Ottoman military engineer Munir Ali and modelled after the Basilic, the bombard crafted by Orban that was used for the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
15th-century siege cannon
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun
date created:
2006-04-27T19:56:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T11:36:27Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Great_Turkish_Bombard_at_Fort_Nelson.JPG","width":1600,"height":1200}
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13
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