Ottoman artillery lost in the battle of Peterwaradein 5 Aug 1716

According to Austrian relation Ottomans lost 149 cannons, 23 mortars & 3 howitzers in the battle of Peterwaradein (Petrovaradin) on 5 August 1716. Their calibres & origin of cast were the following:

- 1 30-pdr (Turk.)

- 6 20-pdr (Turk.)

- 8 16-pdr (Turk)

- 5 12-pdr (Turk)

- 1 8-pdr (European cast, with dolphin)

- 1 6-pdr (European cast, with dolphin)

- 15 5-pdr 

- 24 4-pdr

- 25 3-pdr (mostly trophies)

- 6 2-pdr (mostly trophies)

- 72 cannons of lesser calibres (mostly Turkish)

- one 60-pdr howitzer (Austrian)

- one 24-pdr howitzer (Turk.)

- one 13-pdr howitzer (trophy, cast 1595)

See details below (compare with composition of Temeswar artillery, link)

Ottoman artillery in Temeswar in 1716 by Costin Fenesan

Costin Fenesan published a very interesting material about the artillery of Temeswar (Timişoara) fortress in 1716 (link to download). It contains an inventory list of the captured fortress artillery. The article is in Romanian language, the inventory list at the end – in German. It's a very rare description of the real composition of the Ottoman & Habsburg fortress artillery in XVII-XVIII centuries. 

Temeswar had 156 guns at the start of the siege: 123 bronze cannons (with calibers ranging from a quarter pound to 48 pounds), 16 iron cannons (from half a pound to 70 pounds), 9 bronze mortars (from 60 to 100 pounds) and 8 howitzers (from one pound to 48 pounds). During the siege, 62 guns (41%) were completely destroyed, while 92 pieces (59%) survived, being used by the Imperials to defend Temeswar. 120 guns (76,9% from the originally 156 ere small caliber pieces (from a quarter pound to 12 pounds), 23 (14,8%) were medium caliber guns (from 15 to 36 pounds) and the remaining 13 were heavy caliber pieces (from 48 to 100 pounds).

84 guns of Temeswar (53,8%) were made in Ottoman gunneries, while the remaining 72 (46,2%) were German, Austrian and Transylvanian pieces from the 16th–17th centuries, seized by the Ottoman army during the battles with the Habsburg troops. While 41 Ottoman guns (48,9%) were completely destroyed during the siege, the remaining 43 (51,1%) have been kept by the Imperials to defend Temeswar.

Siege of Temeswar, 31 Aug. – 13 Oct. 1716.

Plan de la Ville et Attaques de Temeswar ou Sont Margque les Lignes de Circonvalation avac e le Campement des Trouppes de L'Empereur Cette Ville. . . 13e. Octorbre 1716
Drawing by Gaspar Baillieul
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Temeswar was an Ottoman province center & a key fortress in Hungary with a very strong garrison & artillery. It was held by 14,000-strong garrison under Mustafa pasha, the beylerbey (governor) of Timisoara (Teweswar), & Mehmed aga Azebani, the commandant. It includes about 1,500 of Spahi, 6,000 of Janissay & Arnauts, the rest were local troops. The artillery was of 156 guns: 123 bronze canons (with calibers ranging from a quarter pound to 48 pounds/weight of the shells), 16 iron canons (with calibers ranging from half a pound to 70 pounds), 9 bronze mortars (with calibers ranging from 60 to l00 pounds) end 8 howitzers (with calibers ranging from one pound to 48 pounds).