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For two reasons, canister shot fired from the 3-inch rifle was less effective than canister fired from a 12-pounder Napoleon or a M1841 12-pounder howitzer. First, its 3-inch bore was narrower than the 12-pounder's bore and could fire fewer canister balls. Second, the rifling of the barrel caused the canister to be thrown in an irregular pattern.
The Model 1838 bronze 6-pounder was a lighter cannon designed for horse artillery units. Alger delivered 62 and Ames delivered 36 of the Model 1838 gun. Ames also manufactured 27 Model 1840 bronze 6-pounders, which were heavier than the Model 1838. [9] M1841 6-pounder field guns. The Model 1841 bronze 6-pounder cannon proved to be the most ...
Naval gun 47 mm 1.85 inch Ordnance QF 6-pounder: Anti-tank gun 57 mm 2.244 inch Ordnance BL 10-pounder Mountain gun: Mountain gun 69.8 mm 2.75 inch 12-pounder (multiple types) Light field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 13-pounder: Light field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch 15- pounder (multiple types) Field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 17- pounder: Anti ...
Yet on 30 June 1863, the western Army of the Cumberland still had 45 3.8-inch James rifles in its inventory, second only in numbers to its 60 12-pounder Napoleons. Other guns included 34 3-inch Ordnance rifles, 32 10-pounder Parrott rifles, 24 M1841 6-pounder field guns, 10 M1841 12-pounder howitzers, and nine other artillery pieces.
A number of these guns were rifled to fire the 3.67 in (93 mm) caliber James projectile. These are classified as "rifled 6-pounder guns" or alternately as 12-pounder (5.44 kg) James rifles. [3] James worked with Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Massachusetts [2] [4] to produce 3.8 in (97 mm) bore rifled cannon in at least six known ...
Development began in 1864 to replace the RBL 6-pounder 2.5-inch (64 mm) gun of 3 long hundredweight (340 lb; 150 kg), which had proved too heavy for a mountain gun. . Several Mks of 7-pounder RML of 2 long hundredweight (220 lb; 100 kg) were tried in 1865 by boring out and rifling old SBML bronze guns, but were still too
68-pounder Lancaster gun United Kingdom: 1850s 227: RML 9-inch 12-ton gun United Kingdom: 1865 233: Somerset cannon United Kingdom: 1863 254: RML 10-inch 18-ton gun United Kingdom: 1868 279: RML 11-inch 25-ton gun United Kingdom: 1867 305: RML 12-inch 25-ton gun United Kingdom: 1866 305: RML 12-inch 35-ton gun United Kingdom: 1873 318: RML 12.5 ...
3.8-inch Gun, Models of 1904 and 1907. Similar to the 3-inch gun, but scaled up with a significantly longer barrel - 111.25 inches (2.826 m) overall gun body length instead of 87.8 inches (2.23 m) - in a larger caliber, with a lengthened recoil - 58.5 inches (1.49 m) instead of 45 inches (1.1 m) - as well as with a different extractor. Weighed ...