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Wiard described two calibers: a six-pounder (2.72 kg) rifle with a 2.6 in (66 mm) bore, and a twelve-pounder (5.44 kg) smoothbore weapon with a 3.67 in (93 mm) bore. All survivors are rifled, though this may have occurred long after manufacture; this was a common practice during the war. [ 5 ]
Whereas numerous formats and designs had been in place in the French army, De Vallière standardized the French sizes in artillery pieces, by allowing only for the production of 24, 12, 8 and 4 pound guns, mortars of 13 and 9 inches, and stone-throwing mortars of 16 inches. [1] The 24-pdr was the largest caliber available to French artillery in ...
37 mm 1.457 inch Ordnance QF 2-pounder: Anti-tank gun 40 mm 1.575 inch Ordnance QF 2-pounder "pom pom" Anti-aircraft gun 40 mm 1.575 Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers: Naval gun 47 mm 1.85 inch Ordnance QF 6-pounder: Anti-tank gun 57 mm 2.244 inch Ordnance BL 10-pounder Mountain gun: Mountain gun 69.8 mm 2.75 inch 12-pounder (multiple types)
The 6mm bullet is slightly wider, and the standard 6×35mm bullet slightly heavier, than the standard 5.56mm bullet (65 grains (4.2 g) versus 62 grains (4.0 g)). [1] Fired from a 10-inch (250 mm) barrel, KAC claims that the 6×35mm cartridge reaches a muzzle velocity of 2,450 ft/s (750 m/s), slightly faster than the muzzle velocity of a 5.56 mm ...
A 14-pounder (6.35 kg) (3.8 in (97 mm)) James rifle on the First Bull Run battlefield, the only weapon entirely designed by James adopted by the US Army. Two Model 1829 32-pounder (14.5 kg) seacoast guns, rifled by the James method (sometimes called 64-pdr (29 kg) James rifles).
The Getty Villa art museum is threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned ...
During firing trials on 28 June 1945, the 32-pdr Shot Mk.3 APDS shot penetrated 200 mm (7.9 in) of rolled homogeneous armour at 50° – a line of sight equivalent of 311 mm (12.2 in) - and 4,880 ft/s (1,487 m/s) on impact, which meant that its penetration surpassed those of the 17-pdr and 20-pdr APDS rounds, and could even rival early armour ...
Diagram of RBL 40-pdr on siege traveling carriage at Victorian Forts and Artillery website; RBL 40-pdr on Platform, Medium No. 4 at Victorian Forts and Artillery website; W.L. Ruffell, Armstrong RBL 40-pr; W.L. Ruffell, "The Armstrong Gun Part 4: Other Armstrong Equipments in New Zealand" – use ashore in New Zealand Wars