Lviv History Museum

This article presents detailed description of the cast-iron short barrel bombard in late 14 early 15th century from Lviv History museum collection. Briefly analyzed some options of the wooden gunstock cannon, developed and described the wooden gunstock of the handheld bombard.

The article presents a detailed description of a16th century cannon from the collection of Lviv History Museum. It briefly looks at metallographic analysis techniques of cannon material. It describes metallographic examination of the 16th century cannon from the collection of Lviv History Museum. It makes a conclusion concerning a micro- and macrostructure of the 16th century cannon material from the collection of Lviv History Museum.