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A Big Bang Cannon and its box. The Big-Bang Cannon, also known as the Calcium Cannon, is an American toy cannon first manufactured in the early 20th-century. Numerous consumer fireworks injuries [1] convinced a physics professor at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to patent a "Gas Gun" in 1907, and the manufacturing of Big-Bang Cannons started in 1912, from the Gas Cannon Company.
The 68-pounder cannon was an artillery piece designed and used by the British Armed Forces in the mid-19th century. The cannon was a smoothbore muzzle-loading gun manufactured in several weights firing projectiles of 68 lb (31 kg).
Demi-cannons were capable of firing these heavy metal balls with such force, that they could penetrate more than a meter of solid oak, from a distance of 90 m (300 ft), and could dismast even the largest ships at close range. [115] Full cannons fired a 42 lb (19 kg) shot, but were discontinued by the 18th century, as they were too unwieldy.
Breech-loading swivel gun with mug-shaped chamber, and wedge to hold it in place. Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, [3] breech-loading swivel guns were invented in the 14th century, [4] and used worldwide from the 16th century onward by numerous countries, many of them non-European.
The lantaka is the "younger sibling" of the lela; they are smaller, with a length of less than 100 cm. [5]: 122–123 Typically, the bore diameters of these cannons were in the range of about 10–50 mm. [3] Many of these guns were mounted on swivels (called cagak in Malay) [3] and were known as swivel guns.
Miniature meriam kecil (also known as currency cannon) is a type of very small cannon found on the Indonesian archipelago. Usually the length of these cannons is between 10–60 cm (3.9–23.6 in), with a caliber of 15 mm (0.59 in) or 16 mm (0.63 in), [ 1 ] and has been around for hundreds of years.
The Swedish-made Archer 155mm self-propelled guns have been acquired as an interim replacement for the 32 AS90s which the UK has donated to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. Watch a live firing ...
All French field guns had a clearance of 2.705 millimetres (0.106 in) between the cannonball and the inside of the barrel. [19] French 8- and 12-pounders used a special arrangement where the barrel of the cannon was shifted backward about four calibers in order to better distribute the weight while the gun was being moved. [16]