Houfnice

Part of Weapons of Juhnvechteya
The Houfnice is a carriage-mounted gun of relatively large caliber and short barrel. Developed in Stribrna Joraje and Toradzland, it would see use during the Raven’s War, and throughout the War of Joran Succession and it’s related conflicts. 
The houfnice, meaning Crowd Clearer, is a field gun, as opposed to other types of gunpowder artillery. It is designed to be light enough to be used in the field of battle, where it will shoot into masses of enemy troops or horses at close range with heavy shot. The gun has been known to clear away entire companies of men-at-arms in a single shot. It is also used to panic horses when fired toward a mass of charging knights. 
The gun was originally developed in Buorna during the early 600s, and by 610 had spread to Toradzland, where they were founded in mass numbers at Grimmau.
Houfnice were first used en masse by the Kovacs at the Battle of Elderbaurg, where a dozen were employed against the Böhmists revolutionaries as they advanced toward the ruins of the old fortress. Later, the Böhmists would salvage the guns from Elderbaurg, and would go on to use them throughout their battles. Many of these were seized by Albrecht following the Battle of Níza, where they would form the first guns of the White Army’s field artillery corps. The guns would go on to play an important role in future battles of the War of Succession. 
Firing an exceptionally heavy shot, the Houfnice could cause incredible damage to soldiers and light structures at ranges within 100 meters. When filled with bags of smaller shot, as was done at the Battle outside Memrich, it would reduce hundreds of men to a mist in seconds. However, it was not useless during sieges. As shown by the White Regiment at Brymburk, due to its low muzzle velocity, it could be calibrated to fire indirectly over the walls of a city, to strike at the unarmored buildings within. 
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