The RML 9-inch guns Mark I – Mark VI were large rifled muzzle-loading guns of the 1860s used as primary armament on smaller British ironclad battleships...
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be confused with the RML 9-inch 12-ton gun, used in the British Royal Navy. The United Kingdom would adhere to smooth bore guns for a rather long time...
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RML 16-inch 80-ton guns were large rifled muzzle-loading guns intended to give the largest British battleships parity with the large guns being mounted...
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desire for a longer 12 in (30 cm) gun than the existing RML 12-inch 35-ton gun. Experiments in 1874 with both 12 in (30 cm) and 12.5 in (32 cm) versions...
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RML 12-inch 35-ton guns were large rifled muzzle-loading guns used as primary armament on British battleships of the 1870s. They were the longer and more...
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The RML 12-inch 25-ton guns were large rifled muzzle-loading guns of mid-late 1800s used as primary armament on British ironclad turret battleships and...
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world's largest black powder cannon. It was a 17.72-inch (450 mm) rifled muzzle-loading (RML) gun made by Elswick Ordnance Company, the armaments division...
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defence. They were effectively the same gun as the RML 12-inch 25-ton gun, bored to 11 inches instead of 12. Mark I was introduced in 1867. Mark II was...
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The British RML 8-inch 9-ton guns Mark I – Mark III were medium rifled muzzle-loading guns used to arm smaller ironclad warships and coast defence batteries...
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The RML 7-inch guns were various designs of medium-sized rifled muzzle-loading guns used to arm small to medium-sized British warships in the late 19th...
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The RML 10-inch guns Mk I – Mk II were large rifled muzzle-loading guns designed for British battleships and monitors in the 1860s to 1880s. They were...
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The RML 7-inch Armstrong Gun was a rifled muzzle loading gun. It was an export version of the British Royal Navy's RML 7-inch gun. The RML 7-inch Armstrong...
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naval gun Mk VIII RML 12 inch 35 ton gun EOC 12 inch /45 RML 11 inch 25 ton gun RML 10 inch 18 ton gun BL 10 inch Mk I-IV Vickers 10 inch /45 naval gun EOC...
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were a 10.4-inch 26 ton gun and a 9.2-inch 18 ton gun. By then EOC had received an order for 18 BL 6-inch 80-pounder gun and one 43 ton breechloader...
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The QF 4.7-inch gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch (120 mm) naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and...
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this way had a calibre of 6.29 inches (16.0 cm) and were known as a RML 68-pounder, or officially as the RML 80-pounder 5 ton. With a 10 lb (4.5 kg) powder...
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The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (Quick-Firing) (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. [12-cwt.]) was a common, versatile 3-inch (76.2 mm) calibre naval gun introduced...
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This is a list of naval guns of all countries ordered by caliber. List of artillery List of the largest cannon by caliber Glossary of British ordnance...
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24 cm K L/20 (category Naval guns of Germany)
9 inch Woolwich gun from the United Kingdom. This was the RML 9-inch Armstrong Gun, which was the Elswick Ordnance Company version of the RML 9-inch 12-ton...
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The RML 64-pounder 64 cwt gun is a Rifled, Muzzle Loading (RML) naval, field or fortification artillery gun manufactured in England in the 19th century...
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The BL 9.2-inch Mk IX and Mk X guns were British breech loading 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns of 46.7 calibre, in service from 1899 to the 1950s as naval and...
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in/64 mm) mountain or light field guns, 9-pounder (3 in/76 mm) guns for horse artillery, and 12-pounder (3 inches /76 mm) field guns. Armstrong did not consider...
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some Mk VI guns were used in coast defences. In the mid-to-late 1880s successful trials were carried out with RML 9-inch coast-defence guns firing at high...
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The EOC 12-inch L/27.5 43-ton gun was a British and Spanish rifled breech-loading naval gun of the early 1880s. The gun probably originated from the troubles...
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The QF 3-inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun became the standard anti-aircraft gun used in the home defence of the United Kingdom against German Zeppelins airships...
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Glossary of British ordnance terms (section RML)
For example, a gun firing 32-pound projectiles was called a "32-pounder", abbreviated pdr. Larger guns, such as the RML 9 inch 12 ton gun, were more often...
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The Armstrong RBL 7-inch gun, also known as the 110-pounder, was a heavy caliber Armstrong gun, an early type of rifled breechloader. William Armstrong's...
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The BL 12 inch Gun Mark X was a British 45-calibre naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on battleships and battlecruisers from 1906. It first...
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ammunition that revolutionised the performance of RML heavy guns. The first generation of RML heavy guns began entering service in about 1865. They all had...
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Elswick BL 16.25 inch naval gun was an early British superheavy rifled breech-loading naval gun, commonly known as the 110-ton gun or 111-ton gun. Elswick had...
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