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2. 100-ton gun - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. British standard ordnance weights and measurements - Wikipedia

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   This system has largely been replaced by defining the weapon in terms of the measurement of the calibre, which is the standard today for most weapon systems in use by the world's armed forces. The 18th century standards were based on a projectile's weight, which dates back to use of muzzle loaded cannons that fired solid cannonballs. The bore ...

4. Calibre (film) - Wikipedia

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   Calibre is a 2018 British psychological thriller film written and directed by Matt Palmer. After a debut at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, it was released on 29 June 2018 on Netflix. [1] It also had a limited release in select Curzon Cinemas in the UK from 21 October to 16 November 2018. [2]

5. Caliber (artillery) - Wikipedia

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   If the pressure behind the projectile drops sufficiently before the projectile exits the bore, the projectile can and will slow while still within the barrel, despite residual bore pressure behind the projectile. A light charge with insufficient pressure to expel the projectile will result in a "squib", or projectile lodged in the bore.

6. Mortar (weapon) - Wikipedia

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   A sinking projectile detonated if it struck a submarine, and the pattern was such that any submarine partly in the landing zone of the projectiles would be struck one or more times. Non-military applications include the use of small-calibre spigot mortars to launch lightweight, low-velocity foam dummy targets used for training retriever dogs ...

7. 155 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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   A projectile that can be equipped either with a tapering boat-tail or a base bleed unit; it comes in high-explosive, smoke generating and illuminating versions. Maximum range from a 39-calibre howitzer is 24 km (15 mi) boat-tail or 30 km (19 mi) base bleed; from a 52-calibre barrel is 30 km (19 mi) boat-tail or 39 km (24 mi) base bleed. [20]

8. 25 mm caliber - Wikipedia

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   Japanese 25×163mm ammunition from a post-war US technical manual A diagram of the M791 25×137mm round. Several sub-types of the NATO 25 mm ammunition are available—the most common being armor-piercing, high-explosive, sabot, tracer, and practice rounds.

9. 105×617mmR - Wikipedia

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   Sub-projectile weight without sabot / with sabot Perforation at normal and oblique incidences Notes L22 [1] United Kingdom: 1950s Tungsten carbide: L28A1 United Kingdom: 1959 Tungsten carbide (core) and Tungsten alloy cap 5.598 kg of NQ/M 044 310 MPa 1478 m/s 93 m/s (at 1000 m) 185 m/s (at 2000 m) 4.1 kg / 5.84 kg 120 mm at 60° at 914 m [2]