Ottoman Artillery Casting

Timeline

1. c. 1385–1390Edirne · ThraceUnder Murad I and Bayezid I, the Ottomans came into contact with European casting techniques via the Balkans and the Hungarian frontier, importing or capturing bronze cannons for sieges against Byzantine fortresses and beginning to form artillery units.
2. c. 1391–1394Constantinople · Byzantine EmpireIn the 1390s Bayezid I besieged Constantinople at length; Ottoman forces deployed cast cannons below the walls to bombard the Theodosian Walls. Though the city did not fall, they accumulated experience in siege-artillery operations and ammunition supply.