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Whitworth rifles were made with barrel lengths of 33, 36 and 39 inches (840, 910 and 990 mm), giving the weapon an overall length of 49, 52 and 55 inches (1,200, 1,300 and 1,400 mm) respectively. [9] The barrel was attached to the stock using two or three barrel bands, depending on the barrel's length.
The 12-pdr rifle was designed in the early 1850s by British manufacturer Joseph Whitworth, who had recently been contracted to improve the Pattern 1853 Enfield.During his experiments with the Enfield, Whitworth was inspired to begin experimenting with a hexagonally-rifled barrel; Whitworth would later apply these principles to his field guns.
Total length of the gun was 27 feet 4.5 inches (8.344 m) (L/27). The length of bore was 303 inches (7.696 m) (L/25). The rifling consisted of 48 grooves of 0.5 inch depth. The twist rate was progressive, increasing from L/120 to L/35 on the first 125 inches of the barrel.
Barrel length: 6 ft: Breech: 1.5 inches: ... 9,500 yards (9,688 claimed) The 3-pounder Whitworth rifle was a small caliber field gun deployed during the mid-19th century.
The 36-inch barrel was rifled for .54 caliber bullets. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For rifling it had seven grooves. Like the M1814 common rifle, it had a large oval patch box in the stock, however the stock dropped steeper than on the M1814 common rifle.
The Armstrong Whitworth 12-inch naval gun of 40 calibres length was designed by and manufactured mainly by Armstrong's ordnance branch, Elswick Ordnance Company. It was intended for the Royal Navy's Royal Sovereign-class battleships, but budgetary constraints delayed their introduction. The first units were instead supplied to Japan.
The gun as originally adopted had a barrel 84 inches long, with a bore of 73.375 inches. The Royal Navy adopted a version with a 72-inch barrel, with a bore of 61.375 inches, by simply cutting 12 inches off the end, and from 1863 the shorter length was incorporated into a common version for both land and sea use. [4]
When World War I began, Armstrong-Whitworth were completing the battleship Sultan Osman I for the Ottoman Empire; it had originally begun as Rio de Janeiro for Brazil. Its secondary armament consisted of 20 of Armstrong-Whitworth's 6-inch 50 calibre guns, which were similar in design and characteristics to the 6-inch Mk XI gun in British ...