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- combination guns, and volley guns. Breech-loading provides the advantage of reduced reloading time because it is far quicker to load the projectile and propellant...
- from the breech at the rear of the gun. The spin imparted by the gun's rifling gives projectiles directional stability and increased range. Loading from the...
- and Africa. Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, breech-loading swivel guns were invented...
- and Africa. Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, breech-loading swivel guns were invented...
- An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field and heavy gun designed by Sir William Armstrong and manufactured in England...
- A breechblock (or breech block) is the part of the firearm action that closes the breech of a breech loading weapon (whether small arms or artillery) before...
- distinct from the modern designs of breech-loading firearms, in which user loads the ammunition into the breech end of the barrel. The term "muzzleloader"...
- The 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II was a British light artillery piece designed during World War I. Originally intended for use in trench...
- higher initial pressure in the breech of the gun. Rifled muzzle loader (RMLs) are artillery pieces of muzzle-loading rifle format, invented in the mid-19th...
- The Triple Action Thunder is a Breech-loading, single shot handgun designed to fire the .50 BMG cartridge. It was developed by Triple Action LLC, an FFL...