15th CenturyContinuation 1Ca. 1435:Bronze Pole gun with original pole, dug up in 1871 in Kurdischen Haff. The touch hole in the top of the octagonalbarrel 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 matchis 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 handwith 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