MOC Weapons and Technology
How humanity built the tools of war — from bronze swords to Congreve rockets.
Subdomains
- Ordnance_Artillery_Index — cannon, carronade, field guns, siege guns — weights, ranges, rates of fire
- Small_Arms_Edged_Index — muskets, pistols, rifles, cutlasses, bayonets, boarding weapons
- Metallurgy_Foundries_Index — iron vs bronze, cannon founding, boring machines, quality and failure
- Gunpowder_Propellants_Index — composition, powder mills, cartridges, flash and misfire
- Ammunition_Projectiles_Index — round shot weights, chain shot, grape, bar, shells, fuses
- Innovation_Experimental_Index — prototype weapons, failed designs, arms race, Congreve rockets
Key Notes
Ordnance — Age of Sail
- 32-Pounder Naval Cannon
- 36-Pounder Long Gun — French Naval Standard
- 24-Pounder Naval Cannon
- Naval Gun Carriage — Truck Carriage
- Langridge — 1 August 1798
- Carron Company — Falkirk Foundry
- Walker Foundry — Rotherham
- Royal Brass Foundry — Woolwich — Woolwich foundry credit only
- 68-Pounder Carronade — Victory quarterdeck/forecastle credit only
- 12-Pounder Naval Cannon — Victory 12-pounder credit only
- Royal Sovereign Armament — Trafalgar — those counts only; overflow
- Grape Shot — Tenerife 24 July 1797
- Chain Shot — Anti-Rigging — 32-pounder type only
- Bar Shot — Anti-Rigging — 32-pounder type only
- Canister Shot — Anti-Personnel — 32-pounder type only
- Steam Warships — Hardy 1830–1834
- Demologos — First Steam Warship — 1814 American first steam warship only
- Gunpowder — Naval Propellant
Small Arms — Age of Sail
- Sword Raised at Santa Cruz — 24 July 1797 — first filled small-arms-edged note; raised sword only