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Unlike many postwar cannons, it uses a short recoil action instead of a revolver cannon or Gatling gun mechanism. This results in a reduced rate of fire, but lower weight and bulk. The GSh-30-1 has a rate of fire of 1,800 rounds per minute, customarily limited to 1,500 rounds per minute to reduce barrel wear.
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The QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt was a light 57 mm naval gun and coast defence gun of the late 19th century used by many countries.. Note that this gun should not be confused with the short-barreled 57 mm Cockerill-Nordenfelt "Canon de caponnière" or fortification gun, which was used to arm the German A7V tank in World War I.
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 6-inch gun M1897 (152 mm) and its variants the M1900, M1903, M1905, M1908, and M1 (a.k.a. T2) were coastal artillery pieces installed to defend major American seaports between 1897 and 1945.
The design bureau of plant No. 88 managed to pair up two 72-K cannons on a single carriage from the 94-K in late 1943, which passed field tests, was finalized, and was accepted into service as the 25 mm anti-aircraft gun model 1944 (94-KM). The same design bureau developed two more 25mm-caliber artillery pieces, the first of whom was known as ...
Instructions for mounting using and caring for 8-inch disappearing carriages L. F. model of 1894 for 8-inch guns models of 1888 1888 MI and 1888MII...June 6, 1903; Handbook of Ordnance Data, 15 Nov 1918; Handbook of Artillery, May 1920, 7-inch tractor mount; Description of Seacoast Guns 8, 10, 12, 14, 16-inch; Berhow, Mark A., ed. (2004).