Description:Chapters: Rml 17.72 Inch Gun, Otobreda 76 Mm, Armstrong Whitworth 12 Inch /40 Naval Gun, Cannone Navali Da 381/40, Bl 13.5 Inch Naval Gun Mk I - Iv, 320 Mm Model 1934 Naval Gun, 381mm / 50 Model 1934 Naval Gun, Eoc 10 Inch /45 Naval Gun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The RML 17.72 inch (450 mm) guns ("100-ton gun") were rifled muzzle-loading guns made by Elswick Ordnance Company in the United Kingdom. They were mounted on two Regia Marina battleships, and also in fortifications at Malta and Gibraltar. Around 1870 the largest gun made by UK firms was the 320 mm RML (rifled, muzzle loading) gun, with a mass of 38 long tons (38.6 t) and an 818 pound (371 kg) projectile, capable of piercing 16.3 inches (414 mm) of mild steel at 2,000 yards (1,800 m). This weapon was adequate for the needs of the time, but the progress of gun technology was very rapid. French industries soon made a 420 mm, 76 tonne gun. This led the Royal Navy to ask for an 80 long ton (81 t) gun. Armstrong, the main British artillery producer, began a project for creation of an even larger weapon, an 18 inch (457 mm) gun, also called the '100 ton'. It was proposed to the Royal Navy, but rejected because it was considered too heavy and costly. After the reunification of Italy, the Regia Marina began an innovative program to field the best and most powerful battleships of the time, the first of them being the Duilio class, armed with 380 mm guns. They were already very powerful, but in February 1874 when the UK started to build HMS Inflexible, armed with 406 mm guns, Italian admirals called for even more powerful guns, to hold the lead in battleship design. Twin guns on DuilioArmstrong was ready to sell those guns, with a contract for eight units of 450-mm calibre, enough to arm ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13537957We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Naval Guns of Italy: Rml 17.72 Inch Gun, Otobreda 76 MM, Armstrong Whitworth 12 Inch ]40 Naval Gun, Cannone Navali Da 381]40. To get started finding Naval Guns of Italy: Rml 17.72 Inch Gun, Otobreda 76 MM, Armstrong Whitworth 12 Inch ]40 Naval Gun, Cannone Navali Da 381]40, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Naval Guns of Italy: Rml 17.72 Inch Gun, Otobreda 76 MM, Armstrong Whitworth 12 Inch ]40 Naval Gun, Cannone Navali Da 381]40
Description: Chapters: Rml 17.72 Inch Gun, Otobreda 76 Mm, Armstrong Whitworth 12 Inch /40 Naval Gun, Cannone Navali Da 381/40, Bl 13.5 Inch Naval Gun Mk I - Iv, 320 Mm Model 1934 Naval Gun, 381mm / 50 Model 1934 Naval Gun, Eoc 10 Inch /45 Naval Gun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 44. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The RML 17.72 inch (450 mm) guns ("100-ton gun") were rifled muzzle-loading guns made by Elswick Ordnance Company in the United Kingdom. They were mounted on two Regia Marina battleships, and also in fortifications at Malta and Gibraltar. Around 1870 the largest gun made by UK firms was the 320 mm RML (rifled, muzzle loading) gun, with a mass of 38 long tons (38.6 t) and an 818 pound (371 kg) projectile, capable of piercing 16.3 inches (414 mm) of mild steel at 2,000 yards (1,800 m). This weapon was adequate for the needs of the time, but the progress of gun technology was very rapid. French industries soon made a 420 mm, 76 tonne gun. This led the Royal Navy to ask for an 80 long ton (81 t) gun. Armstrong, the main British artillery producer, began a project for creation of an even larger weapon, an 18 inch (457 mm) gun, also called the '100 ton'. It was proposed to the Royal Navy, but rejected because it was considered too heavy and costly. After the reunification of Italy, the Regia Marina began an innovative program to field the best and most powerful battleships of the time, the first of them being the Duilio class, armed with 380 mm guns. They were already very powerful, but in February 1874 when the UK started to build HMS Inflexible, armed with 406 mm guns, Italian admirals called for even more powerful guns, to hold the lead in battleship design. Twin guns on DuilioArmstrong was ready to sell those guns, with a contract for eight units of 450-mm calibre, enough to arm ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13537957We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Naval Guns of Italy: Rml 17.72 Inch Gun, Otobreda 76 MM, Armstrong Whitworth 12 Inch ]40 Naval Gun, Cannone Navali Da 381]40. To get started finding Naval Guns of Italy: Rml 17.72 Inch Gun, Otobreda 76 MM, Armstrong Whitworth 12 Inch ]40 Naval Gun, Cannone Navali Da 381]40, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.