Falconet

The Falconet is a basic light artillery unit featured in Age of Empires III.

Overview
The Falconet is a simple artillery piece that is, together with the Culverin, the second lightest and second cheapest artillery cannon in the game that is available to the European civilizations (first is the Organ Gun). The Falconet is a useful cannon in battle because it is effective in countering enemy infantry, but the artillery is not as useful at besieging the enemy buildings compared to, for example, the Mortar, however they can do the job quickly in small groups. The Falconet can be upgraded into Field Guns. The Portuguese have Organ Guns instead of Falconets.

Shipments
This is a list of shipments that benefit Falconets.

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History
''Falconets are among the smallest artillery. They weighed about 280 pounds, had a six-foot barrel and used about a pound of powder shot. Still, the small quantity of powder (relative to larger artillery pieces) was enough to make a properly braced Falconet fly back up to 10 jards when fired.''