Artillery, firing

Europa, Anfang 16. Jh.
With the help of the fuse or ignition rod the piece is fired. With a smouldering fuse, the piecemaster ignites the "priming herb" which he had poured into the fuse hole after loading. The priming powder burned through the fuse hole to the coarser powder in the barrel. When loosening the piece, the piecemaster had to stand to the side, because the gun "ran back" and also a jet of flame often rose from the firing hole. Iron solid bullets were fired, sometimes also the dreaded chain or rod bullets, which could mow down whole rows while spinning around themselves.
Incl. gun.

Series list for 100/25/214
No. 100-240 a (2x) Bulwark basket
No. 100-893 a (1x) Ball box, closed
No. 100-855 a (1x) Powder keg, open, and ball pile
No. 100-894 a (1x) Bullet box, open
No. 100-856 a (1x) Money chest with berets laid out
No. 100-899 a (1x) Protze (for # 858 a)
No. 100-857 a (1x) Barrel
No. 100-756 b (1x) L.-A., gunsmith, setting the fuse
No. 100-858 a (1x) Field snake
No. 100-762 b (1x) L.-A., pieceworker
No. 100-882 a (1x) Powder keg with shovel (2 digging logs)
No. 100-763 b (1x) L.-A., piece servant, with hoe
No. 100-883 a (1x) Powder keg, open
No. 100-764 b (1x) L.-A., piece cutter, with wiper
No. 100-887 a (1x) Powder keg with 2 shovels
No. 100-888 a (1x) Water barrel, powder keg, ramrod, axe