(in rifled gun barrel)
51152 mm gun 2A36 — Infobox Weapon|is artillery=yes caption= 152 mm gun 2A36 «Giatsint B» in Saint Petersburg Artillery museum name= 2A36 Giatsint B type= Close support gun origin= Soviet Union era=Modern target= general, date= prod date= number= service= 1976 used… …
52Maxim gun — An early Maxim gun in operation with the Royal Navy Type Heavy Machine Gun Place of origin …
53RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun — Infobox Weapon name= Ordnance RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun caption=Indian Army gunners assembling the gun, circa. 1895 origin= UK type=mountain gun is artillery=yes is ranged=yes is bladed= is explosive=yes is UK=yes service=1879 1916 used… …
54Paradox gun — A gun made by Holland Holland with the front two inches of the barrel rifled, intended to be used as both rifle and shotgun. Invented by Col George Vincent Fosbery VC in the late 19th century, it was thus named because of the paradox implicit in… …
55naval ship — Introduction the chief instrument by which a nation extends its military power onto the seas. Warships protect the movement over water of military forces to coastal areas where they may be landed and used against enemy forces; warships… …
56Rifling — Ri fling, n. (a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. (b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. [1913 Webster] {Shunt rifling}, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made… …
57Shunt rifling — Rifling Ri fling, n. (a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. (b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. [1913 Webster] {Shunt rifling}, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is …
58rifling — noun a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to… …
59breech-loading — Gun Gun (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which… …
60built-up guns — Gun Gun (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E. mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.] 1. A weapon which… …
