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Ramrod: A wood or metal rod used to force the wad and bullet down the barrel of a muzzle-loading firearm.
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What is the difference between a cannon a machine gun a howitzer?
A cannon is a direct fire weapon as used on tanks. A machine gun is rapid fire weapon of a smaller caliber used by infantry or aircraft, and a howiitzer is artillery which uses a high angle of fire to project shells in a plunging manner on the target. In general, a cannon is 20mm or larger, a machine gun is 20mm or smaller and a howitzer is 75mm or larger.
What was the first gun that was made called?
Cannon.
What is the name of a person who fires a cannon?
{| |- | Men who work with cannons are referred to as artillerymen. Cannoneers is another name sometimes used. In an artillery gun crew, the gun captain usually fires the weapon. |}
What is a swamping gun?
Ah! You have been reading the lyrics to Yankee Doodle Dandy! Swamping is an archaic term for large, great, huge- as in the reference to seeing a swamping gun on a wagon, a load for father's cattle- first time the writer had seen a cannon- on wheels, pulled by draft oxen. Truly, a big gun.
What kind of cannons were used by the British fleet against the Spanish Armada?
The 1588 Spanish Armada was dominated by very large and heavy warships. The Spanish cannon in used by the Armada were able to launch 25 pound rocks at the British. These Spanish cannons were powerful at short range but not for long range.
What is the antonym for cannon?
There is really no antonym for the word cannon, but cannon does really mean large gun so the antonym would logically be small gun.
What is a name for a large gun on wheels?
Carriage gun - sometimes called a barker. Not to be confused with a cannon.
Who used gun powder to shoot him at enemies?
Are you by chance referring to the Baron Von Munchausen? The Baron was a notorious teller of tall tales, one of which was loading himself into a cannon to be fired at his enemies.
What is a giant gun called?
A cannon or howitzer are names for large guns.
What is the difference between a machine gun and a cannon?
A Machine gun can be hand held, and it functions by shooting rapid fire, while a cannon only shoots one large cannon and then you would need to re load it.
What is a gun used from a long way?
A rifle or cannon
What type of guns are muzzle loading?
Any gun that is loaded from the front (that is the muzzle). The firearms used during the American Revolution were mainly muzzleloaders, during the Civil War, they began to change to breech loading firearms. Type can include cannon, muskets, rifles, pistol and revolvers.
What is recoilof gun?
If you mean recoilless, it is a large military cannon. The rear of the gun is open. When it first, a blast of gasses comes out of the back, and a large projectile out of the front. The gun has practically no recoil.
When were breach loading guns introduced?
As to the breech loading gun, it dates as far back as the discovery of cannon itself, and fourteen guns of that description were used by the English army at the siege of Orleans, in the year 1428. (From: The Turner Brigade: History of the Rifled Cannon). The breech-loading rifle (as a practical hand-held weapon) seems to have been developed by Major Patrick Ferguson, in the 1770s. It was used by a detachment of British troops led by Ferguson at the Battle of Brandywine during the American Revolutionary War.
What does batteries in World War 2?
A Battery is a large concrete emplacement that houses a gun (Cannon)
Do airsoft cannon hurt?
An Airsoft Cannon? You mean Gun? At your age maybe. You get used to it. Also, It depends on the Joules of the BBs.
Why was gun powder made?
Originally used in fireworks, later in cannon and guns.
