| Designation |
Bore |
Type |
Length
(calibres) |
Weight |
Projectile
Weight |
Muzzle
Velocity
(f/s) |
Notes
|
| Bhurtpore Gun |
8" |
SBML |
- |
17 tons 15 cwt. |
- |
- |
Bronze gun, cast in 1677. Captured during
the Siege of Bhurtpore (1826).
|
| Sikh 6 pdr. |
- |
SBML |
- |
- |
6 lbs. |
- |
Bronze field gun.
Captured at the Battle of Mudkee (or Mudki) (1845).
|
| Whitworth 1½
pdr. |
- |
BL |
- |
- |
1.5 lbs. |
- |
Hexagonal Bore
Rifled Breech Loading Gun used for trials by the British Army during the
1860s.
|
| 75mm
Maxim-Nordenfelt |
75mm |
QF |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Built at Erith,
Kent. Sold to one of the Boer Republics, it was captured by the British at
the Battle of Elandslaagte. It was then used during the defence of
Ladysmith.
|
| 75mm Krupp |
75mm |
QF |
- |
- |
13.5 lbs. |
- |
Used by the
Transvaal Staatsartillerie during the Boer War.
|
| 'The Wolf'
Gun |
- |
ML |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Constructed in
workshops at Mafeking during the siege. Designed by Major Panzera, it was
named 'The Wolf' after Colonel Baden-Powell (it was his nickname).
|
| 75mm
Schneider M1897 |
75mm |
QF |
36 |
1 ton 5 cwt. |
16 lbs. |
1736 |
The first
mass-produced field gun with a fully effective recoil system.
|
| 84mm
m/1881 |
84mm |
BL |
- |
9 cwt. |
14.3 lbs. |
1527 |
Used by Swedish Field Artillery batteries.
|
| Obús
de bronce de 21cm Plasencia Md. 1885/91 |
21cm |
BL |
- |
- |
173.5 lbs. |
1017 |
Manufactured in Seville (Sevilla), Spain from
1885 onwards. Designed by Colonel Plasencia. It was used in Morocco.
|
| 24cm
M/69 |
24cm |
BL |
- |
14 tons 12 cwt. |
316.8 lbs. |
1290 |
The first breech loading, rifled gun used by
the Swedish Navy. 24 were manufactured by Finspongs Bruk. This example was
used to arm the coastal defence monitor Sölve.
|
| Obús
de hierro sunchado de 30.5cm Ordóñez Md. 1892 |
30.5cm |
BL |
13.6 |
- |
607lbs. |
- |
Manufactured in Spain. Emplaced at Castell
Montjuic/Castillo de Montjuich (Barcelona).
|