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Long nine. One unique naval gun was the long nine. It was a proportionately longer-barrelled 9-pounder (4.2 in (110 mm)). It was typically mounted as a bow or stern chaser where it was not perpendicular to the keel, and this also allowed room to operate this longer weapon. In a chase situation, the gun's greater range came into play.
In historical naval usage, a long gun was the standard type of cannon mounted by a sailing vessel, so called to distinguish it from the much shorter carronades. The long gun was known for its increased range and improved mobility in comparison to its larger precursors. This allowed the long gun to establish itself as the best form of artillery ...
4,000 feet (1,220 m) Maximum firing range. Over 12,000 feet (3,660 m) Feed system. Linkless feed system. The General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily mounted in the United States Air Force 's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II.
An 81-mm mortar is a medium-weight mortar. It is a smooth-bore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support of light infantry, air assault, and airborne units across the entire front of a battalion zone of influence. [1] [2] Many countries use or have used an 81-mm mortar in their armed forces. Examples are:
Crew. 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.
The bore to barrel length ratio is called "caliber" in naval gunnery, [2] : 81 but is called "length" in army artillery. Before World War II, the US Navy used 5"/51 caliber (5" L/51) as surface-to-surface guns and 5"/25 caliber (5" L/25) as surface to air guns. By the end of World War II, the dual purpose 5-inch/38-caliber gun (5" L/38) was ...
Schwerer Gustav (English: Heavy Gustav) was a German 80-centimetre (31.5 in) railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Rügenwalde as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line, the strongest fortifications in existence at the time. The fully assembled gun weighed nearly ...
Barrel length. 2.572 metres (18.544 calibres) Shell weight. 8.8 kg. Calibre. 138.7 mm [1] The 18-pounder long gun was an intermediary calibre piece of naval artillery mounted on warships of the Age of Sail. They were used as main guns on the most typical frigates of the early 19th century, on the second deck of third-rate ships of the line, and ...