QF 12-pounder 8 cwt gun
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The Ordnance QF 12-pounder 8 cwt was a Royal Navy "landing gun" intended for navy use ashore. "8 cwt" refers to the weight of the gun and breech, approximately 8 cwt = 8 x 112 lb = 896 lb. This was ho
Royal Navy gun and crew, late 1890s
In action at Fort Dachang, Cameroons, 1915
Australian and British gunners with gun in front lines at Gallipoli
A gun with HMS Victory in the background, at Portsmouth, UK
Gun carriage
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A gun carriage is a frame or a mount that supports the gun barrel of an artillery piece, allowing it to be maneuvered and fired. These platforms often had wheels so that the artillery pieces could be
QF 12-pounder 8 cwt gun
…length 84-inch (2.1 m) bore (28 calibres) Shell Separate QF, 12.5 pounds (5.67 kg) Shrapnel, Common Lyddite Calibre 3-inch (76.2 mm) Carriage Wheeled, box trail Muzzle velocity 1,585 feet per second (483 m/s) Maximum firing range 5,100 yards (4,660 m) The Ordnance QF 12-pounder 8 cwt was a Royal Navy "landing…
A medieval bombard on a wooden bed staked to the ground.
Naval or garrison carriages on gun deck
9 pdr Armstrong Cannon 1722 pattern on a 1725 pattern carriage at the Chatham Historic Dockyard
A Danish cannon on a typical 18th century field carriage.