What is the principle of artillery?

Artillery, invented by China, is a barrel-fired weapon with a caliber of not less than 20 mm (0.78 inch). It uses mechanical energy, chemical energy (gunpowder), electromagnetic energy and other energy sources to eject projectiles, and its range exceeds that of individual weapons.

According to historical records, as early as 1 163, the earliest artillery-flint cannon (thunderbolt cannon) was invented by China's Southern Song Dynasty army, but it is still controversial. Yuan Dade's two-year artillery unearthed in Heilongjiang is the earliest artillery cultural relic.

Artillery classification

According to different standards, artillery can be classified in many ways.

According to the purpose, it can be divided into suppression guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns, tank guns, naval guns, coastal guns and aviation guns. Suppression guns include cannons, howitzers, cannon howitzers (howitzers), mortars and forced-bomb howitzers (forced-bomb howitzers), and some countries also classify rockets as suppression guns.

According to the ballistic characteristics, it can be divided into cannon, howitzer, cannon howitzer, mortar and forced howitzer;

According to the movement mode, it can be divided into self-propelled guns, vehicle-mounted guns, self-propelled guns, traction guns, mule-horse traction guns, mule-horse loading guns, portable guns and fixed guns;

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-artillery