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36:" typically is used to describe a type of artillery piece, although it is technically accurate for small arms as well. A shoulder arm is typically just called a "rifle", as almost all small arms were rifled by the time breechloading became prevalent. Muzzle and breechloading artillery served together for several decades, making a clear distinction more important. In the case of artillery, the abbreviation "
438:) into which the rifling had been cut. The A tube was closed at the breech end by a wrought iron cup screwed into it. Iron was removed from the outside of the original gun barrel near to the muzzle so that a cast iron collar could be screwed over it and provide a shoulder at the muzzle to hold the A tube in place. The A tube was also held by a plug screwed into the gun underneath its
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breeched guns of the following century. There were several reasons for this: the shell could not be made to fit too closely into the bore of the gun, as it would not have been possible to ram it home; the velocity of a shell depends, among other factors, on the length of the gun barrel, and the need
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The type of gun finally adopted was a muzzle-loading weapon which fired projectiles with external studs which engaged with the rifling. This system was the "Woolwich" system; while it was possible with this system to fire shells at a higher muzzle velocity, and therefore with greater penetrative
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Improvements in breech mechanisms in the period 1860 to 1880, together with the introduction of large grain powder, caused the Navy to re-adopt the RBL as the new powder required longer barrels which could not be withdrawn into the turret for loading. A new 12-inch gun was developed for
311:. These guns were a considerable improvement over the previous smooth-bore guns which had been in use. They were able to shoot at 3,000 meters either regular shells, ball-loaded shells or grapeshot. They appear to have been the first case of usage of rifled cannons on a battlefield.
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grooves cut on the inside of the barrel cause the projectile to spin rapidly in flight, giving it greater stability and hence range and accuracy than smoothbore guns. Hand held rifles were well-developed by the 1740s. A popularly recognizable form of the "muzzleloader" is the
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to load through the muzzle necessitated a short barrel so as to make the muzzle accessible to the loaders; later types of explosive were superior; and metallurgical techniques improved to allow a higher initial pressure in the breech of the gun.
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power, than before, the studs tended to shear, there was excessive wear of the gun liner, and the shells tended to wobble in flight. Furthermore, the muzzle velocity obtainable in these guns was no more than half of that obtained in
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and was subsequently double-loaded (causing catastrophic failure when fired again), motivated the
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158:, although this involved a lot of complication in inserting the bullet past the rifling, and clogging and cleaning problems were notorious. There are also muzzle-loading pistols and shotguns. The
486:(launched in 1876 and 1878, respectively). The Royal Navy at the time was restricted to the weapons produced by Woolwich Arsenal, so that the heaviest guns that could be shipped were the
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and similar weapons were used from about 1700 to 1900, but gradually gave way to firearms whose projectile is loaded into the chamber
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1434:4.1-inch 'Long Cecil'
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1078:1-inch Nordenfelt gun
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994:BL 13.5-inch
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603:. Retrieved
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32:. The term "
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1694:Gardner gun
1637:War rockets
1593:RML 16-inch
1533:QF 4.7-inch
1275:Lee–Enfield
1270:Lee–Metford
1225:Baker rifle
1068:Gardner gun
1063:Gatling gun
1042:QF 4.7-inch
925:RML 16-inch
905:RML 11-inch
900:RML 10-inch
789:(Armstrong)
394:smooth bore
289:during the
283:Right image
238:Le PĂ©tulant
236:rifling of
230:Right image
225:Le PĂ©tulant
168:long rifles
164:smoothbores
134:Right image
119:Jean Lepage
1714:Categories
1658:24-pounder
1652:12-pounder
1568:RML 9-inch
1558:RML 8-inch
1553:RML 7-inch
1548:RBL 7-inch
1457:RBL 7-inch
1220:Brown Bess
1178:Webley RIC
979:BL 10-inch
895:RML 9-inch
890:RML 8-inch
885:RML 7-inch
719:shell guns
702:68-pounder
687:24-pounder
682:18-pounder
605:2007-04-10
543:References
494:Inflexible
460:Inflexible
419:warships.
375:forecastle
321:Royal Navy
291:Boshin War
270:Left image
217:Left image
160:Minié ball
146:Like most
115:Left image
81:Small arms
30:smoothbore
1699:Maxim gun
1646:6-pounder
1388:, medium,
1386:Howitzers
1285:Artillery
1088:Torpedoes
1047:QF 6-inch
1037:QF 4-inch
964:BL 8-inch
949:BL 5-inch
944:BL 4-inch
843:converted
820:Lancaster
764:Howitzers
524:Edinburgh
513:hung fire
508:Thunderer
440:trunnions
428:cast iron
413:arms race
390:artillery
240:(detail).
234:Hexagonal
178:Artillery
127:said "du
77:" rifle.
46:tank guns
1656:Congreve
1650:Congreve
1644:Congreve
1150:Sidearms
866:Woolwich
531:See also
417:ironclad
400:gave it
301:La Hitte
1612:Mortars
1208:Muskets
741:Mortars
675:cannons
138:Rifling
125:carbine
66:rifling
1725:Rifles
1212:rifles
726:8-inch
477:Duilio
444:B tube
436:A tube
423:RMLs.
383:(1878)
381:Gannet
272:: The
219:: The
152:rifles
54:barrel
50:muzzle
26:rifled
1661:Boxer
1425:Siege
579:p.30
398:shell
309:Italy
287:Japan
278:shell
154:were
122:silex
87:Rifle
75:Jäger
20:is a
1390:and
1210:and
522:HMS
506:HMS
492:HMS
480:and
379:HMS
299:The
490:of
470:'s
377:of
307:in
60:or
38:RML
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