RML 64 pounder gun
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RML 64-pounder gun denotes one of several British rifled muzzle-loading artillery pieces which fired a 64-pound projectile.
Guns of this type differ by their weight, expressed in hundredweight
(cwt), and whether they were built from scratch or converted from existing smoothbore
guns. They include:
Guns of this type differ by their weight, expressed in hundredweight
Hundredweight
The hundredweight or centum weight is a unit of mass defined in terms of the pound . The definition used in Britain differs from that used in North America. The two are distinguished by the terms long hundredweight and short hundredweight:* The long hundredweight is defined as 112 lb, which...
(cwt), and whether they were built from scratch or converted from existing smoothbore
Smoothbore
A smoothbore weapon is one which has a barrel without rifling. Smoothbores range from handheld firearms to powerful tank guns and large artillery mortars.-History of firearms and rifling:...
guns. They include:
- RML 64 pounder 58 cwt gun, a gun for land use converted from the smoothbore 32 pounder 58 cwt gun
- RML 64 pounder 64 cwt gunRML 64 pounder 64 cwt gunThe RML 64 pounder 64 cwt gun was a Rifled, Muzzle Loading naval, field or fortification artillery gun manufactured in England in the 19th century, which fired a projectile weighing approximately...
, a gun for land and naval use, scratch-built rather than converted from a smoothbore - RML 64 pounder 71 cwt gunRML 64 pounder 71 cwt gunThe RML 64 pounder 71 cwt guns were rifled muzzle-loading guns converted from obsolete smoothbore 8-inch 65 cwt shell guns. "71 cwt" refers to the gun's weight rounded up to differentiate it from other "64-pounder" guns : 1 cwt = 112 pounds....
, a gun for land and naval use converted from the smoothbore 8 inch 65 cwt shell gun