RML 16 cm No. 3
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The RML 16 cm No. 3, or Getrokken kanon van 16 cm No. 3 was a rifled muzzle loading gun. It was a Dutch attempt to cheaply provide rifled ordnance to its navy.
The rifled muzzle loader Getrokken Kanon 16 cm No. 3
Armstrong gun
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An Armstrong gun was a type of rifled breech-loading field and heavy artillery piece designed by Sir William Armstrong. It was first manufactured in England starting in 1855 by the Elswick Ordnance Co
RML 16 cm No. 3
…conversion of 300 of its old cannon. This conversion totally failed during the first trials. The British then hastily ordered the first batch of 100 Armstrong guns in October 1859. This explains how in October 1861 the Dutch Minister for the Navy could state that experts from many countries thought that the rifled…
Armstrong gun deployed by Japan during the Boshin War (1868–69).
Screw breech mechanism of the 7-inch Armstrong gun
Powder cartridge with lubricator
Two RBL 40-pounder Armstrong guns displayed at the St. George's Foundation's UNESCO World Heritage Centre, St. George's Town, Bermuda. Originally used as mobile guns for defending areas of Bermuda's South Shore without fixed coastal artillery, they were soon replaced and repurposed as part of a saluting battery at Fort Victoria before being set into a wharf as bollards.