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The 3-inch ordnance rifle, model 1861 was a wrought iron muzzleloading rifled cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and widely used in field artillery units during the American Civil War. It fired a 9.5 lb (4.3 kg) projectile to a distance of 1,830 yd (1,670 m) at an elevation of 5°. The 3-inch rifle was not as effective in ...
37 mm kan M/98B (Finspång 37 mm naval gun L/39 model 1901) Sweden-Norway. 1900s - Cold War. 38.1 mm (1.50 in) 38 mm kan M/84 (Nordenfelt 1½In fast shooting naval gun L/43 model 1884) Sweden-Norway. 1880s - World War I. 40 mm (1.6 in) 40 mm ubakan m/32 (Bofors 40 mm submarine automatic gun L/43 model 1932)
Ordnance QF 17-pounder. Split trail carriage, with gun shield. The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17-pounder (or just 17-pdr) [note 1] was a 76.2 mm (3 inch) gun developed by the United Kingdom during World War II. It was used as an anti-tank gun on its own carriage, as well as equipping a number of British tanks. Used with the APDS shot, it was capable ...
RP-3. The RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch) was a British air-to-ground rocket projectile introduced during the Second World War. The "3 inch" designation referred to the nominal diameter of the rocket motor tube. The use of a 60 lb (27 kg) warhead gave rise to the alternative name of the "60-pound rocket". Though an air-to-ground weapon, it ...
A slug is defined as a mass that is accelerated by 1 ft/s 2 when a net force of one pound (lbf) is exerted on it. [2] One slug is a mass equal to 32.17405 lb (14.59390 kg) based on standard gravity, the international foot, and the avoirdupois pound. [3] In other words, at the Earth's surface (in standard gravity), an object with a mass of 1 ...
A 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun at the Yasukuni Shrine. The Type 41 3-inch (76 mm) naval gun otherwise known as the 8 cm/40 3rd Year Type naval gun was a Japanese dual-purpose gun introduced before World War I. Although designated as 8 cm (3.15 in), its shells were 76.2 mm (3 in) in diameter.
The 38 cm SK C/34[Note 1] naval gun was developed by Germany mid to late 1930s. It armed the Bismarck -class battleships and was planned as the armament of the O-class battlecruisers and the re-armed Scharnhorst -class battleships. Six twin-gun mountings were also sold to the Soviet Union and it was planned to use them on the Kronshtadt -class ...
1,850 yd (1,690 m) at 5°. The 10-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a muzzle-loading rifled cannon made of cast iron that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and often used in field artillery units during the American Civil War. Like other Parrott rifles, the gun breech was reinforced by a distinctive band made of wrought iron.