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{{Infobox weapon<!-- All data from Schmidtchen (1977), pp. 162–164 -->
| name               = Pumhart von Steyr
| image              = HGM Pumhart von Steyr.jpg
| image_size         = 300px
| caption            = The Pumhart von Steyr in the [[Heeresgeschichtliches Museum]] at Vienna
| origin             = [[Liezen]], [[Styria]], [[Holy Roman Empire]]
| type               = [[Bombard (weapon)|Bombard]]
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| is_bladed          = no
| is_explosive       = no
| is_artillery       = yes
| is_vehicle         = no
| is_missile         = no
| is_UK              = no
<!-- Service history -->| service            = Holy Roman Empire
| used_by            = [[Habsburg]]
| wars               = <!-- Production history -->
| designer           = 
| design_date        = Early 15th century
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| number             = 1
| variants           = None
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| weight             = ~ {{convert|8|t|abbr=on}}
| length             = {{convert|2590|mm|abbr=on}}
| part_length        = {{convert|1440|mm|abbr=on}}
| width              = 
| height             = 
| diameter           = {{convert|760-880|mm|abbr=on}} (conical muzzle)
| crew               = 4-6
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| cartridge_weight   = {{convert|690|kg|abbr=on}}
| caliber            = {{convert|800|mm|abbr=on}} (ball diameter)
| barrels            = 1
| action             = 
| rate               = 1 round every 2-3 Mins
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| max_range          = ~{{convert|600|m|abbr=on}}
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| sights             = None
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The '''Pumhart von Steyr''' ({{lit|Styrian [[Bombard (weapon)|Bombard]]}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artserve.anu.edu.au/new/books_and_papers/spoleto.paper/continuing2.html|title=The Continuing Usefulness of Spolia II: Canons-Pierriers and Marble Cannon Balls|website=artserve.anu.edu.au}}</ref> is a [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[large-calibre artillery|large-calibre cannon]] from [[Styria]], [[Austria]], and the largest known [[wrought-iron]] [[bombard (weapon)|bombard]] by [[caliber]].<ref>{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977a|p=162}}</ref> It weighs around {{convert|8|t|abbr=on}} and has a length of more than {{convert|2.59|m|abbr=on}}. It was produced in the early 15th century and could fire, according to modern calculations, an {{convert|800|mm|abbr=on}} stone ball weighing {{convert|690|kg|abbr=on}} to a distance of roughly {{convert|600|m|abbr=on}} after being loaded with {{convert|15|kg|abbr=on}} of gunpowder and set at an elevation of 10°.<ref>{{harvnb|Schmidtchen|1977a|p=163}}</ref>

The bombard is today on display in one of the artillery halls of the [[Heeresgeschichtliches Museum]] at [[Vienna]].

Besides the Pumhart von Steyr, a number of 15th-century European large-calibre weapons are known to have been employed primarily in [[siege warfare]], including the wrought-iron [[Mons Meg]] and [[Dulle Griet]] as well as the cast-bronze [[Faule Mette]], [[Faule Grete]] and [[Grose Bochse]].

== Footnotes ==
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== See also ==
* [[List of the largest cannon by caliber]]

== References ==
* {{cite journal|last=Schmidtchen|first=Volker|title=Riesengeschütze des 15. Jahrhunderts. Technische Höchstleistungen ihrer Zeit|journal=Technikgeschichte|pages=153–173 (162–164)|volume=44|issue=2|year=1977a}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last=Schmidtchen|first=Volker|title=Bombarden, Befestigungen, [[Büchsenmeister]]: Von den ersten Mauerbrechern des Spätmittelalters zur Belagerungsartillerie der Renaissance|publisher=Droste|year=1977b|location=Düsseldorf|isbn=3-7700-0471-X|pages=33–34}}

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