17th Century
Ca. 1600:
Air guns with compressed air as propellant in a pressure reservoir are used occasionally.
Ca. 1609:
Dambach uses grenades filled with lead balls.
Before 1615:
Apparently the invention of the battery or flintlock by Martin le Bourgeo is from Lisieux in Normandie.
1618 - 1632:
Paper cartridges and ammunition bag introduced by King Gustav II. Adolf in the swedish army.
1620:
First hinged sights on target rifles.
Ca. 1620:
The ‘Tschinken’, a light wheel lock gun is becoming popular
Ca. 1626:
Introduction of leather cannons in the Swedish army, by the English baron Robert Scott. These did not
prove successful in the battle of Leipzig and were abolished in 1631.