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Babur's Field Artillery

Type Object Region Central Asia Time c. 1511–1526

Field artillery systems introduced and used by Babur in his campaigns in Central Asia and India in the early 16th century, culminating in victory at …

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  1. c. 1511–1514Kabul · AfghanistanWith Safavid assistance, Babur introduced Ottoman-style field artillery technology into his Kabul army, recruiting Ottoman gunners such as Ustad Ali, establishing an early Mughal artillery organization, and incorporating firearms into the core tactical system.
  2. c. 1514–1525Afghanistan and the Punjab region · PunjabBabur campaigned from Kabul into the Punjab multiple times, honing artillery tactics in successive battles, combining artillery with cavalry mobility and the tulughma flanking maneuver, forming a mature field artillery system that fixed the front with firepower while light cavalry outflanked both wings.
  3. 1526Panipat · Northern IndiaIn the First Battle of Panipat, Babur's field artillery stunned and routed the war elephant corps of Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi; the cannon fire caused the elephants to trample their own lines, becoming the decisive factor in reversing the battle, and the Mughal Empire was thereby established.

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