The 14-pounder James rifle or James rifled 6-pounder or 3.8-inch James rifle was a bronze muzzle-loading rifled cannon that was employed by the United...
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projectile. These are classified as "rifled 6-pounder guns" or alternately as 12-pounder (5.44 kg) James rifles. James worked with Ames Manufacturing Company...
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12-pounder James rifle: Rifled Model 1841 6-pounder field gun 14-pounder James rifle: Ordnance profile (New Model/Model 1861) The Parrott rifle invented...
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smoothbore and rifled 6-pounder field guns. In the Union army, three units were armed with four 6-pounder smoothbores and two 12-pounder howitzers: the...
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The 20-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a cast iron muzzle-loading rifled cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and employed...
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The 10-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a muzzle-loading rifled cannon made of cast iron that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and often...
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10-pounder Parrott rifle up to the rare 300-pounder. In the field, the 10- and 20-pounders were used by both armies. The 20-pounder Parrott rifle was...
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shot fired from the 3-inch rifle was less effective than canister fired from a 12-pounder Napoleon or a M1841 12-pounder howitzer. First, its 3-inch...
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shells from 6.4-inch (100-pounder) Parrott rifles, 8-inch (200-pounder) Parrott rifles, and a 10-inch (300-pounder) Parrott rifle were fired into Fort Wagner...
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The M1857 12-pounder Napoleon or Light 12-pounder gun or 12-pounder gun-howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery piece that was adopted...
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The M14 rifle, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an American battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. It became...
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The weapon most correctly called a James rifle is a 3.8 in (97 mm) weapon commonly called a 14-pounder James rifle, usually made of bronze; this was the...
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The Whitworth rifle was an English-made percussion rifle used in the latter half of the 19th century. A single-shot muzzleloader with excellent long-range...
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Maxim QF 1-pounder pom-pom QF 2-pounder naval AA gun (Sixteen guns) QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun QF 13-pounder Mk IV AA gun (Six guns) QF 13-pounder 9 cwt AA...
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5-inch (6-pounder), 2.9-inch, 3.5-inch (12-pounder), 3.75-inch (16-pounder), 4-inch (18-pounder), 4.5-inch (20-pounder), 6.4-inch (100-pounder), 7-inch...
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10-pounder Parrott rifle 12lb How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer 14lb JR = 14-pounder James rifle 3-in OR = 3-inch Ordnance rifle 6lb Gun = M1841 6-pounder...
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muzzleloaders: the M1841 6-pounder field gun, the M1841 12-pounder howitzer and 12-pounder gun, the M1841 mountain howitzer, the M1841 24-pounder howitzer and the...
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M21 Sniper Weapon System (redirect from M21 rifle)
(SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle. The M21 uses a commercially procured 3–9× variable...
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men died by disease, for 14 total fatalities. In 2nd Quarter 1863, Battery I reported being armed with four 14-pounder James rifles, which were also known...
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The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of assault rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States...
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The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier...
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a range of 1650 yards with two 84-pounder and two 64-pounder James rifled cannon (old 42- and 32-pounders, rifled), was to breach the pancoupé between...
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10-pdr Par = 10-pounder Parrott rifle 12-pdr How = M1841 12-pounder howitzer 12-pdr Mtn = M1841 mountain howitzer 12-pdr Nap = M1857 12-pounder Napoleon 24-pdr...
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Ruger M77 (redirect from Ruger 30.06 Cal. Search and Rescue Rifle)
rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It was designed by Jim Sullivan during his three years with Ruger. It was designed primarily as a hunting rifle featuring...
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contributed to the Ruger M77 rifle, M16, Stoner 63, and Ruger Mini-14 rifles (scaled from the AR-10, Stoner 62, and M14 rifle respectively). In 2014, Sullivan...
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M1 Garand (redirect from M1C Sniper Rifle)
Garand or M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered...
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William James compared the 18-pounder medium guns on Warren Hastings with the 18-pounder long guns that the British Royal Navy used. The medium 18-pounder was...
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Ruger 10/22 (redirect from VLEH Target Tactical Rifle)
American firearm manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., chambered for the .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge. It uses a patented 10-round rotary magazine, though higher...
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M1903 Springfield (redirect from Springfield 1903 rifle)
Springfield, officially the U. S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1903, is an American five-round magazine-fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the...
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outclassed by the 12-pounder Napoleon which combined the functions of both field gun and howitzer. In the U.S. Army, the 12-pounder howitzers were replaced...
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