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The name 9 inch gun or 9 zölliges is in line with current practice to refer to the actual inner diameter of the gun. In January 1867 the Prussian Navy ordered Krupp to design a 9 inch (96-pdr) gun barrel. [13] This was the 24 cm K L/20, which had a caliber of 235.4 mm.
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)
234 mm (9.2 in) BL 9.2 inch Mk X 46-caliber United Kingdom: 1900s - World War I 234 mm (9.2 in) BL 9.2 inch Mk XI 50-caliber United Kingdom: World War I 240 mm (9.4 in) 240mm/50 Modèle 1902 gun France: World War I - World War II 240 mm (9.4 in) 24 cm K L/35 German Empire: World War I - World War II 240 mm (9.4 in) 24 cm SK L/40
RML 16 pdr 12 cwt gun barrel diagram, 1877 The gun consisted of an 'A' tube of toughened steel, over which was shrunk a 'B' tube of wrought iron. The gun was rifled using the system developed by William Palliser , in which studs protruding from the side of the shell engaged with three spiral grooves in the barrel.
The RML 9-pounder 8 cwt gun and the RML 9-pounder 6 cwt gun were British Rifled, Muzzle Loading (RML) field, horse and naval artillery guns manufactured in England in the 19th century. They fired a projectile weighing approximately 9 pounds (4.1 kg). "8 cwt " and "6 cwt" refers to the weight of the gun to differentiate it from other 9-pounder guns.
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 QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (Quick-Firing) (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. [12-cwt.]) was a common, versatile 3-inch (76.2 mm) calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. [4] It was produced by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick and used on Royal Navy warships, exported to allied countries, and used for land ...
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 ...