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  2. 24-pounder long gun - Wikipedia

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    12 gunners and one powder-boy. Shell weight. 11.7 kg. Calibre. 152.2 mm [1] The 24-pounder long gun was a heavy calibre piece of artillery mounted on warships of the Age of Sail. 24-pounders were in service in the navies of France, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States.

  3. Cannon - Wikipedia

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    A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century. Cannons vary in gauge, effective range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire ...

  4. Gun safe - Wikipedia

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    An example (open and closed) of a typical gun safe. A gun safe is a safe designed for storing one or more firearms and/or ammunitions.Gun safes are primarily used to prevent access by unauthorized or unqualified persons (such as children), for burglary protection and, in more capable safes, to protect the contents from damage by flood, fire or other natural disasters.

  5. History of cannons - Wikipedia

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    Cannons. The history of cannons spans several hundred years from the 12th century to modern times. The cannon first appeared in China sometime during the 12th and 13th centuries. It was most likely developed in parallel or as an evolution of an earlier gunpowder weapon called the fire lance.

  6. Hispano-Suiza HS.404 - Wikipedia

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    Hispano-Suiza HS.404. The HS.404 is an autocannon originally designed by and produced by the Swiss arm of the Spanish/Swiss company Hispano-Suiza in the mid-1930s. Production was later moved to the French arm of Hispano-Suiza. It was widely used as an aircraft, naval and land-based weapon by French, British, American and other military services ...

  7. Field artillery in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The 24- and 32-pounders were more widely used in fixed fortifications, but at least one of the later large weapons was with the 1st Connecticut Artillery as late as 1864. [13] Finally, the lesser-known but highly mobile 12-pound M1841 mountain howitzer saw service with infantry and cavalry forces in the rugged western theaters and prairies, and ...

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