Talk:Li'l Bombard/@comment-212.103.119.206-20140507105734

About historical definition.

You see, game developers did very sloppy work. Russians Great Cannons in John's campaign are the reference to the Tzar Cannon, really existing piece of artillery, which is just another great bombard, produced with ottoman specifications.

But Great Cannons in campaign not only lack this information. They are drawn incorrectly! Bombard and cannon have very significant technical differences, like cannon and mortar, for example. But ingame Cannons look just like very big cannon - there never were such artillery, it would be useless.

On the other hand, description of Lil'Bombard is actually right - bombards have really been producing in Europe, ottomans just applied them. But I say again, real bombards require cilindrical shape. Giant cannon with this shape, what we see in game, is useless.