Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Matthew David Cullen (born November 2, 1976) is an American former professional ice hockey center who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Cullen won the Stanley Cup three times during his career, with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017, and won a bronze medal in at the 2004 World Championship with the United States.
The Ordnance quick-firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, [note 1] or just 6-pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, serving during the Second World War as a primary anti-tank gun of both the British and United States Army (as the 57 mm gun M1).
11,300 yards (10,330 m) at 45° HE round The British QF (quick-firing) 6-pounder 10 cwt gun [ note 1 ] was a 57 mm twin-mount light coast defence and naval gun from the 1930s to 1950s. Development
The pound of force or pound-force (symbol: lbf, [1] sometimes lb f, [2]) is a unit of force used in some systems of measurement, including English Engineering units [a] and the foot–pound–second system. [3] Pound-force should not be confused with pound-mass (lb), often simply called "pound", which is a unit of mass; nor should these be ...
6-pounder gun or 6-pdr, usually denotes a 57-millimetre (2.2 in) gun firing a projectile weighing approximately 6 pounds (2.7 kg).. Guns of this type include: QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss, a 57 mm naval gun of the 1880s; a similar weapon was designed by Driggs-Schroeder for the US Navy
The cannon fired a 6.1 lb (2.8 kg) round shot of 3.58 in (9.1 cm) diameter. The spherical case shot weighed 5.7 lb (2.6 kg) and released 41 musket balls when it burst. The canister round weighed 7.32 lb (3.3 kg) and contained 27 iron balls. [ 17 ]
≈ 0.031 081 lb F ≡ 1 lb⋅ ft /s 2 The value of g n ( 9.806 65 m/s 2 ) as used in the official definition of the kilogram-force is used here for all gravitational units.
A complete round weighed 9.7 lb (4.4 kg) and its projectile weighed 6 lb (2.7 kg). The most common types of ammunition available for 6-pounder guns were shrapnel, steel and common shells. In World War II higher-yield high explosive rounds were produced.