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W.L. Ruffell, The RBL Armstrong 12-pr Field Gun; W.L. Ruffell, The Armstrong Gun. Part 5: British revert to Muzzle Loading; Major Darrell D. Hall, "Field Artillery of the British Army 1860–1960. Part I, 1860 – 1900" in The South African Military History Society. Military History Journal – Vol 2 No 4, December 1972
Described as one of the greatest steps forward in gun design for centuries, Armstrong was knighted for his services to the British state in 1859. [1] The rifled breech-loading gun (produced in various calibre ranges including six, nine, 12, 20, 40 and 110 pound models) was an innovative design that revolutionised artillery use across the world.
The Armstrong gun—mainly the 12-pounder—was used extensively in the 1863 conflict in New Zealand between British troops and Maori in the Waikato. A well preserved 12-pounder which was used in the battle of Rangiriri is at the Te Awamutu museum. The barrel can traverse 6 degrees left or right without moving the gun carriage.
QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun, British AA gun of World War I; QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun, British naval gun of 1904–1920s; RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong gun, British field gun of 1859; Twelve-pound cannon, cannon sized for a 12-pound ball, see Naval artillery in the Age of Sail; 12-pounder Whitworth rifle, British rifled breechloader field ...
The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (Quick-Firing) (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. [12-cwt.]) was a common, versatile 3-inch (76.2 mm) calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. [4] It was produced by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick and used on Royal Navy warships, exported to allied countries, and used for land ...
The Armstrong gun retained a larger number of smaller coils, [12] which was more expensive to make. On pictures these coils show as humps as the gun gets smaller while it protrudes to the front. The Rijksmuseum model of the RML 7-inch Armstrong Gun shows 5 coils. The picture of the RML 7-inch gun (Woolwich) Mark I shows 1 more. [11]
This gun design originated in 1871 as an 11.6-inch (295 mm) gun firing a 700-pound (317.5 kg) projectile. Results were unsatisfactory, leading to the gun being bored out to 12 inches (305 mm) and firing a 706-pound-12-ounce (320.6 kg) shell. [2]
The RML 12-inch 25-ton guns were large rifled muzzle-loading guns of mid-late 1800s used as primary armament on British ironclad turret battleships and coastal monitors, and also ashore for coast defence. They were the shorter and less powerful of the two 12-inch (305-mm) British RML guns, the other being the 35-ton gun.