enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Hughes breech-loading cannon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Breech-loading_cannon

    The Hughes breech-loading cannon 38.1mm gun was designed in 1861 and used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. It was manufactured by the Street & Hungerford Company. It was a breech-loading cannon; the breech of the cannon is uniquely like a bolt-action but has no firing pin in its bolt.

  3. Category : Weapons of the Confederate States of America

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Weapons_of_the...

    This page was last edited on 7 December 2023, at 01:17 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  4. Category : Field artillery of the Confederate States of America

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Field_artillery...

    Double-barreled cannon; H. Hughes breech-loading cannon ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...

  5. List of infantry support guns - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_infantry_support_guns

    Type 11 infantry gun Japan: World War II 37: 37-mm trench gun M1915 Russian Empire: World War I 37: 37 mm McClean Automatic Cannon Mk. III United States: World War I 37: 37 mm Infantry Gun Model 1917 United States: World War I 38.1: Hughes breech-loading cannon Confederate States of America: American Civil War: 40: 1.59 inch Breech-Loading ...

  6. Williams gun - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Gun

    The Williams gun was a Confederate gun that was classified as a 1-lb cannon. It was designed by Captain D.R. Williams, of Covington, Kentucky, who later served as an artillery captain with a battery of his design. It was a breech-loading, rapid-fire cannon that was operated by a hand-crank. The barrel was four feet long and a 1.57-inch caliber.

  7. Category:Cannon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cannon

    Hughes breech-loading cannon; K. Korean cannon; L. Lantaka; Leather cannon; Lela (cannon) ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  8. 21 cm RK L/19 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21_cm_RK_L/19

    The 21 cm RK L/19 was the later name of a rifled breech loader gun of the Prussian Navy. This gun started with a massive gun barrel, cast from steel in one piece. In 1868 a built-up gun barrel version was tested in Prussia and found to be much more powerful. Many of the massive guns were then changed to built-up guns.

  9. Breechloader - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breechloader

    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 ...