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The Langer Gustav was a long cannon with 52 centimetre (20.5 in) calibre and a 43-metre barrel. It was intended to fire super-long-range rocket projectiles weighing 680 kilograms to a range of 190 kilometres (118 mi).
Early 15th-century Flemish giant cannon Dulle Griet at Ghent (caliber of 660 mm). This list contains all types of cannon through the ages listed in decreasing caliber size. For the purpose of this list, the development of large-calibre artillery can be divided into three periods, based on the kind of projectiles used, due to their dissimilar characteristics, and being practically ...
The history of cannon spans several hundred years from the 12th century to modern times. The cannon first appeared in China sometime during the 12th and 13th centuries. It was most likely developed in parallel or as an evolution of an earlier gunpowder weapon called the fire lance.
A tin shed was built to protect the cannon against weather. About 100 kg (220 lb) of gunpowder fired a shot ball weighing 50 kg (110 lb). The uses and range of the cannon and cannonballs vary over different sources. The Jaivana Cannon was only fired once by Jai Singh II, as a test-fire in 1720. The most exaggerated myth claims that the weapon ...
ShVAK cannon Soviet Union: World War II 20: Internal: Ho-1 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 20: Internal: Ho-3 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 20: Internal: Ho-5 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 20: Internal: Type 99 cannon Empire of Japan: World War II 20: Internal: Automatkanon m/40 Sweden: World War II 20: Internal: Automatkanon ...
Mons Meg is a medieval bombard in the collection of the Royal Armouries, on loan to Historic Environment Scotland and located at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland. [1] It has a barrel diameter of 20 inches (510 mm), making it one of the largest cannons in the world by calibre.
The 100-ton gun (also known as the Armstrong 100-ton gun) [6] was a british coastal defense gun and is the world's largest black powder cannon. It was a 17.72-inch (450 mm) rifled muzzle-loading (RML) gun made by Elswick Ordnance Company, the armaments division of the British manufacturing company Armstrong Whitworth, owned by William Armstrong.
The 240 mm howitzer was the most powerful weapon deployed by US field artillery units during World War II, able to fire a 360 lb (160 kg) high explosive projectile 25,225 yards (23,066 m). [3] It was the largest field piece used by the US Army during the war except for naval ordnance adapted into railway guns. [4]