RBL 7 Inch Armstrong Gun
The Armstrong RBL 7 inch gun, also known as the 110-pounder, was an early attempt to use William Armstrong's new and innovative breechloading mechanism for heavy rifled guns.
Read more about RBL 7 Inch Armstrong Gun: Description, History, Use in Action, Ammunition, Surviving Examples, See Also
Famous quotes containing the words armstrong and/or gun:
“rather then men shall say we were hange’d,
Let them report how we were slaine.’”
—Unknown. Johnie Armstrong (l. 51–52)
““Tall tales” were told of the sociability of the Texans, one even going so far as to picture a member of the Austin colony forcing a stranger at the point of a gun to visit him.”
—Administration in the State of Texa, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)