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2. Breech-loading swivel gun - Wikipedia

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   A breech-loading swivel gun was a particular type of swivel gun and a small breech-loading cannon invented in the 14th century. It was equipped with a swivel for easy rotation and was loaded by inserting a mug-shaped device called a chamber or breech block, filled with gunpowder and projectiles.

3. Swivel gun - Wikipedia

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   Breech-loading swivel gun with mug-shaped chamber, and wedge to hold it in place. Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, [3] breech-loading swivel guns were invented in the 14th century, [4] and used worldwide from the 16th century onward by numerous countries, many of them non-European.

4. Breechloader - Wikipedia

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   Henry VIII's breech-loading hunting gun, 16th century. The breech block rotates on the left on hinges, and is loaded with a reloadable iron cartridge. Thought to have been used as a hunting gun to shoot birds. The original wheellock mechanism is missing. Breech-loading firearm that belonged to Philip V of Spain, made by A. Tienza, Madrid circa ...

5. Rifled breech loader - Wikipedia

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   A rifled breech loader (RBL) is an artillery piece which, unlike the smoothbore cannon and rifled muzzle loader which preceded it, has rifling in the barrel and is loaded from the breech at the rear of the gun. The spin imparted by the gun's rifling gives projectiles directional stability and increased range. Loading from the rear of the gun ...

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7. Super Micro to hire new CFO, says independent review ... - AOL

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   The company said the independent committee's review, which took over three months, found no evidence of fraud or misconduct on the part of Super Micro's management, sending its shares up about 20%.