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	Cannon at AllExperts
		Although a variety of such guns are commonly referred to as "cannon", the term specifically refers to a gun designed to fire a 42 lb shot as opposed to a "Demi-cannon" (32 lb), Culverin (18 lb) or Demi-culverin (9 lb).
		Typical of the type is the 25 mm 'Bushmaster' cannon mounted on the LAV and Bradley armoured vehicles.
		Cannon fire is used annually on the Fourth of July by the Boston Pops during their annual concert on the shores of the Charles River and by the National Symphony Orchestra during their annual concert on the steps of the US Capitol Building.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/ca/cannon.htm (1611 words)

	Tsar Tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tsar Tank (also known as the Netopyr (Нетопырь, Pipistrellus bat) or Lebedenko Tank) was an unusual Russian armored vehicle developed in 1914–1915.
		The upper cannon turret reached nearly 8 metres high.
		The hull was 12 metres wide with two more cannon in the sponsons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsar_Tank (271 words)

	Tsar Cannon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tsar Pushka (Царь-пушка in Russian, literally "emperor of cannons") is a huge cannon, founded in 1586 by a Russian founding master Andrey Chokhov.
		The cannon weighs 39312 kg, has a length of 5.34 metres, a calibre of 890 mm, and an external diameter of 1200 mm.
		The cannon was intended to fire grapeshot and to defend the Kremlin in times of war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsar_Cannon (265 words)

	Cannon - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, it is undeniable that regardless of their (usually feeble) physical impact, early cannons, with their noise, smoke, and flames, had a terrifying psychological impact on horses or soldiers who had never encountered the weapons before.
		Shotguns were developed as essentially small cannons, having been first named in Kentucky in the 18th Century; their size, expressed in gauge, is expressed in the fraction of a pound that a round shot of a diameter equal to their barrel bore diameter would be.
		Cannons in fortified positions, such as the Maginot Line and the Atlantic Wall, were increasingly unable to protect areas from infantry and tank attacks.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Cannon (1526 words)

	Ìîñêîâñêèé Êðåìëü - Kremlin map
		The Tsar Cannon is located on the west side of Ivanov Square, between the Ivan-the-Great Bell-Tower and the Twelve Apostles’ Church.
		The cannon’s surface is adorned with the cast figured friezes, vegetation ornament, memorial inscriptions and an equestrian image of Tsar Feodor Ioannovich.
		In 1835, the Tsar Cannon was fixed on the carriage specially cast for it at the Berdt’s factory in St. Petersburg.
	www.kremlin.museum.ru /en/main/kremlin/tsar_gun (305 words)

	ipedia.com: Cannon Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The word "cannon" serves both as the singular and plural of the noun; "cannons" is generally considered incorrect.
		The use of cannon was first recorded in the battles of the early 14th century, for instance, at the siege of Metz in 1324, and by the English against the Scots in 1327.
		The definition of a modern 'cannon' is entwined with the term 'autocannon', and is a gun with a bore diameter of 20mm or more, capable of, but not always firing explosive ammunition, and generally possessing an automatic loading system of some kind.
	www.ipedia.com /cannon.html (999 words)

	Cannon - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		Cannon at the Castle of São Jorge, Lisbon.
		Defensive use of Moorish cannon occured during the siege of Seville in 1248, and the siege of Niebla in 1262, where it is reported that Almohad defenders used machines which projected stones and fire accompanied by thundering noises.
		Hand cannon or hand cannon-like devices were reported to be employed against the Mongols in 1260 and in 1304, an unattributed manuscript also depicted fire arrows and long-handled handguns.
	www.medbib.com /Cannon (4197 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin: Tsar Cannon and Tsar Bell
		It was cast of bronze by Andrei Chokhov at Moscow’s Cannon Yard in 1586, during the rule of Tsar Fyodor Ivanovich, Ivan the Great’s son.
		The figures of Empress Anna Ivanovna and Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich are in the foreground.
		During the fire of 1737 the Tsar Bell was in the foundry pit.
	www.caroun.com /Countries/Europe/Russia/Kremlin/10-Kremlin-TsarCannonBell.html (384 words)

	History of WARFARE - LAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		There is a reference to a gun mounted on a ship in 1336, and the possibility of cannon of some kind in use at Crécy and Calais in 1346-7.
		One of the most remarkable of early cannon is a proud possession of Mehmed, the Turkish conqueror of Constantinople.
		Cannon are trundled laboriously up to blast away at castle or town walls from the early 15th century, and by the end of the century sappers are undermining walls to insert explosive charges.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=312&HistoryID=aa29 (1597 words)

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		The Tsar Cannon, cast by Andrey Chokhov, is one of the largest antique weapons in the world.
		The cannon is decorated with inscriptions, and “2400 poods” is carved on the barrel – the weight of the Tsar Cannon, which is equivalent to 39,312 kilograms.
		The Tsar Cannon was not used in battle, although it was not cast as a decorative weapon, but actually designed as a weapon of war to defend the Moscow Kremlin.
	www.kremlin.ru /eng/articles/memorials06.shtml (209 words)

	Moscow Photos - The Moscow Kremlin Museum, Tsar Cannon (Tsar Pushka), Tsar Bell, Assumption, Archangel and Annunciation ...
		The famous Czar Cannon, the pride of the museum's artillery collection, was cast by well-known Russian founder Andrei Chokhov in 1586.
		Cannons of the 16th to 19th centuries from the museum's artillery collection are lined up along the front of the Arsenal building.
		Of particular interest are 40 cannons of Russian and foreign manufacture of the 16th to the early 18th centuries.
	www.moscow-photos.com /museums/kremlin (2080 words)

	FORT WARD, VIRGINIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The rifled cannon was mounted on a center-pintle (circular) carriage, and could fire a 100-pound projectile a distance of approximately 5 miles.
		The essential ARTILLERY weapon, the cannon is a large gun composed of a barrel or hollow tube closed at one end by a breech, with a mechanism designed for firing projectiles.
		All early cannon were fired from ground level with their muzzles, or open ends, elevated on a mound of earth.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /SpringfieldEstatesES/WWW/kidspage/fieldtrips/FortWard/FTWARD.HTML (1609 words)

	tsar pictures and videos on Webshots
		Tsar Bell (Tsar Kolokol) and The Archangel Cathedral in b...
		The Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles and The Tsar Cannon
		The Church of the Deposition of the Robe and Tsar Resid...
	www.webshots.com /search?query=tsar (371 words)

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		The 40-ton Tsar Cannon, built during the reign of Ivan the Terrible's imbecilic son Fyodor in 1586, possesses a barrel in excess of five meters long and a caliber of 890 mm.
		As if the cannon's sheer size were not inspiring enough, the barrel and carriage are adorned with a relief of the redoubtable Fyodor as well as a scene in which a fierce Russian lion devastates a snake symbolizing Russia's enemies.
		Tsar Ivan the Terrible ordered the construction of cathedral in the memory of the seizure of Kazan, the capital of Tatar Khanate, which disturbed Rus by endless raids.
	cinderellatravel.com /russ5/russia/grandtour/moscow/excursions/kremlin (708 words)

	Blagovest Bells— World's Three Biggest Bells
		Cannons and bells have always had a curious relationship— bells are melted down to make cannons in times of war, and cannons are melted town to make bells in times of peace.
		The Tsar Cannon, built in 1586, is considered the largest cannon in the world, sixteen feet long, weighing 85,000 pounds, with a caliber of 890 mm.
		Tsar Theodore I, Ivan the Terrible's son, commissioned master bronze craftsman Andrei Chekov to cast the giant bronze weapon to better protect the Kremlin.
	www.russianbells.com /interest/biggest.html (2309 words)

	The Kremlin : Kremlin Pictures
		Here princes, grand princes and tsars were crowned by the metropolitan or patriarch; here metropolitans and patriarchs were enthroned and buried, and here many a chapter in the history of Moscow and of Russia began or was concluded.
		It was connected by a passage at the gallery level with the palace of the grand prince and laterwith the tsar's residence.
		Here all the Russian princes, grandprinces and tsars from Ivan Kalita onwards had their last resting-place (with the exception of Boris Godunov, who, with his wife, is buried inthe Monastery of the Trinity at Sergiev Posad).
	summoning.ru /photos_eng/kremlin.shtml (976 words)

	Moscow Kremlin
		The cathedrals were looted and desecrated, tsars' treasury suffered greatly, and all the wooden constructions were demolished and burnt.
		The caliber of the Tsar Cannon is the largest in the world.
		Nowadays the Tsar Cannon is placed on the pedestal close to the Church of Twelve Apostles.
	www.moscow-hotels-russia.com /kreml.htm (1134 words)

	Ìîñêîâñêèé Êðåìëü - Kremlin map
		The Tsar Bell, a masterpiece of the Russian casting of the XVIII century, stands on the stone base to the east of the Ivan-the-Great Bell-Tower.
		In 1836, the Tsar Bell was lifted up from the moulding pit and placed on a stone pedestal by French architect Auguste Montferrant (also built the famous Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg).
		The Tsar Bell is decorated with bas-relief portraits of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich and empress Anna Ioannovna, also adorned with vegetation ornament in the baroque style and images of saints, angels and inscriptions telling the story of the bell.
	www.kreml.ru /en/main/kremlin/tsar_bell (220 words)

	Tsar Bell and Tsar Canon in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The bell's bronze surface is decorated with relief depictions of Tsar Alexei and Empress Anna, who decreed the casting of the first Tsar Bell as well as the one on display today.
		The city was filled with the sound of peeling bells, but the Tsar Bell remained silent, and even with the help of an entire regiment of the Emperor's guards, the bell still failed to chime.
		In his anger, the Tsar supposedly struck the bell with a stave that he had taken from King Charles XII of Sweden near Poltava, for refusing to ring out his victory to the people of Russia.
	www.moscow-taxi.com /sightseeing/kremlin/tsar-bell-and-tsar-canon.html (611 words)

	Tsar Cannon: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This cannon was meant to defend the Kremlin Moscow Kremlin quick summary:
		Tsar (bulgarian, russian, ; often spelled czar or tzar and sometimes csar or zar...
		Tsar kolokol (tsar bell) (- in russian) - a huge bell (instrument)bell...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ts/tsar_cannon.htm (331 words)

	Tsar Cannon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Tsar Cannon is an interesting specimen of sixteenth - century foundry work.It was cast of bronze in 1586 by the Russian master Andrei Shchokhov.
		This is the largest bore of any cannon in the world.
		Itsornate carriage and the cannon balls lined up near it are decorative andwere cast of pig-iron in 1835 at the Berd works in St.Petersburg.
	www.moscowkremlin.ru /ns/english/32.html (80 words)

	Tsar Kolokol -
		Unfortunately, the bell was never rung — during a fire in 1737, a huge slab (11.5 tons) cracked off while it was still in the casting pit.
		In 1836, Tsar Kolokol was placed on a stand next to the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in the Kremlin.
		The word 'Tsar' in Tsar Kolokol potentially refers to the supposedly common Russian practice of constructing absurdly large objects of various design (such as Tsar Bomba, the world's largest thermonuclear bomb, or the Tsar Tank, a monumentally huge and unwieldy tank) as a show of prowess or power.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Tsar_Kolokol (281 words)

	VisitRussia.com Week-Long Moscow 7 days/6 nights
		State regalia, invaluable icons, and treasures of Russian tsars are all stored in the Kremlin chambers and cathedrals.
		The Tsar Cannon is the oldest and largest cannon in the world.
		The Tsar Bell was supposed to be the biggest and clearest sounding bell in the world.
	www.visitrussia.com /tours_m/tour/43.htm (385 words)

	VIZITOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Tsar Cannon was cast in 1586 on the order of His Majesty Fyodor Ivanovich.
		In 1591 when the troops of Kaza-Girei were approaching Moscow, the Tsar Cannon was positioned at Kitai-Gorod, on Red Square by the place of execution.
		The Tsar Cannon was moved to the Kremlin with the help of log rollers.
	www.vizitor.ru /eng/magazine_meetplace/200156-1.html (717 words)

	The Moscow Kremlin and Red Square: Kremin Guide
		The Tsar Cannon was made of bronze by the master Andrei Cho-khov at the Moscow cannon foundry, which was on the banks of the River Neglinnaya not far from the Kremlin.
		The decorative gun-carriage on which the cannon stands was made of iron in 1835, as were the hollow iron cannon-balls.
		The Tsar Cannon illustrates the high level of Russian artillery development in the sixteenth century and the skill of the metal-workers at the Moscow cannon foundry.
	dimkin.df.ru /moscow/kremlin_61.html (530 words)

	Artillery Tactics and Combat during the Napoleonic Wars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Since the cannon was both the first and the last reckoning of war, the artillery service from 1800 enjoyed great importance on the battlefield.
		Cannons also had a second bucket filled with water (with a little vinegar mixed in) for wetting the cleaning rod.
		Sponging the cannon after every shot was important as there was possibility that sparks have remained in the tube and could ignite the cartridge.
	web2.airmail.net /napoleon/artillery_tactics.htm (11244 words)

	Reunion Tour Interlude (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It is where the tsars were married and the coronations were performed.
		The bell cracked while still in the pit in which it was cast, due to a fire in the Kremlin; while the bell was hot, water was poured on it, which caused it to crack.
		The Tsar Cannon was made to fire shot, not balls, even though they have balls on the ground in front of it.
	www.ghg.net /bnsteiss/Reunion/interlude.html (1056 words)

	Moscow
		The Tsar Cannon was meant to fire grapeshot, but they put some cannonballs larger than the caliber of the cannon nearby for effect.
		The Tsar Bell cracked in its mold from cooling too rapidly during the invasion of Moscow in the War of 1812.
		A side-door to the Cathedral of the Archangel, where the Moscow Tsars are buried.
	www.geocities.com /mo_spb/photo19.html (379 words)

	Moscow Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
		The cathedral's interior is elaborately decorated with icons by some of the great painters of the 15th century; Theophanes the Greek, Prokhor of Gorodets, and Andrei Rublev and the church houses the tombs of all the Grand Princes and Tsars that ruled Russia before the 18th century.
		The bronze Tsar Cannon was cast in 1586 for the purpose of defending the Kremlin's Savior Gate, which leads to Red Square.
		Weighing 40 tons and ornately decorated it was decided that the cannon should not be fired and was instead mounted on a gun carriage in 1835 and left on display just outside Cathedral Square.
	www.moscow-hotels.net /attractions/kremlin.html (750 words)

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