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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">hand cannons</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>small arms by form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>cannon, hand</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>cannons, hand</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hand cannon</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hand-cannons</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>handguns</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Early firearms resembling small smoothbore cannons mounted on a wood stock or shaft, loaded at the muzzle and requiring to be primed and loaded for every shot; used in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. ]]></note></mads>