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2. M230 chain gun - Wikipedia

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   The air-cooled gun's practical rate of fire is about 300 rounds per minute with a 10-minute cooling period. [7] The gun has a positive cook-off safety for open bolt clearing, and double ram prevention. Spent casings are ejected overboard through the bottom of the gun. The mount on the AH-64 uses secondary hydraulics to move the gun.

3. List of cannon projectiles - Wikipedia

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   The shot was carried on a specially designed iron barrow or two-man litter and, in the era of black-powder cannon charges contained in cloth bags, occasioned much fanfare and notice as it was conveyed to the cannon muzzle as the red-hot projectile would easily ignite any carelessly handled loose powder.

4. 14-pounder James rifle - Wikipedia

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   Floyd believed this could be done without putting too much stress on the gun barrel. [4] The 3.8 in (97 mm) caliber gun was commonly known as the 14-pounder James rifle, while a 3.67 in (93 mm) caliber gun was often referred to as a 12-pounder James rifle or a rifled 6-pounder. At the time, people generally failed to differentiate between the two.

5. Naval artillery in the Age of Sail - Wikipedia

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   The gun in its carriage was then 'run out'; men heaved on the gun tackles until the front of the gun carriage was hard up against the ship's bulwark, the barrel protruding out of the gun port. This took the majority of the gun crew manpower, as the weight of a large cannon in its carriage could total over two tons, and the ship would probably ...

6. 40CT cannon - Wikipedia

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   Nexter offered the VBCI-2 equipped with the T40 turret and 40CTC cannon. The Australian Army shortlisted two of its competitors, the Boxer equipped with the LANCE 30 turret and the Patria AMV equipped with the BAE E35 turret. [31] The Boxer won the programme, 133 in the CRV variant equipped with a LANCE 30 turret using the MK 30-2 cannon. [32]

7. Lantaka - Wikipedia

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   The cannons found in Malacca were of various types: esmeril (1/4 to 1/2-pounder swivel gun, probably refers to cetbang or lantaka), [24] falconet (cast bronze swivel gun larger than the esmeril, 1 to 2-pounder, probably refers to lela), [24] medium saker (long cannon or culverin between a six and a ten-pounder, probably refers to meriam) [25 ...