15th Century Continuation 1 Ca. 1435: Bronze Pole gun with original pole, dug up in 1871 in Kurdischen Haff. The touch hole in the top of the octagonal barrel can be covered with a rotating lid. There is a longitudinal hole in the oak stock to insert a ramrod. 1439: Breech loading handgun with 6 pouder chambers, Frankfurt on the Main. Ca. 1450: First Matchlocks with trigger bar. The matchlock has a cock, the so called serpentine. At the upper end the match is secured in a clamp with a screw. The trigger bar slowly lowered the match onto the flash pan. Ca. 1450: Introduction of organ artillery with up to 40 barrels on a two wheeled carriage. Firing is done individually, by hand with a match, or combined with a common flash pan. Ca. 1460: Illustration of horseman with handgun. Ca. 1460: Deployment of barrels the length of a hand span, called Scopizus with matchlocks, used by the Italian light cavalry. Firing was done forwardly from the horse with a forked support attached to the saddle. Ca. 1460: Appearance of first sights in the shape of a bead front sight