High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The military of the Mughal Empire used a variety of weapons in their conquests throughout the centuries. Various types of: swords, bows and arrows, horses, camels, elephants, various types of cannons (some of them the world`s largest), muskets and flintlock blunderbuss. Mughal weapons greatly evolved during the ruling periods of Babur, Akbar, Aurangzeb and lastly Tipu Sultan.