The US Battleship Iowa's 16" diameter barrel guns fired shells upwards of 2,700 pounds. The WW2 German Schwerer Gustav railway cannon fired shells upwards of 15,000 pounds. The Japanese battleship Yamamoto had 18 in guns and fired a 3300 lb shell.
This gun is a Rifle
Artillery is the most common term used to describe explosive shells fired at the enemy from long distance.
The guns in Battery Park were never fired.
Your question is rather unclear. In skeet/ trap, there are a few competitions that do not permit ejected fired shotshells to hit the ground, and those guns are modified to hold 2 fired shells to be removed by hand. Please expand on your question- rifle, shotgun, pistol, etc, and we will try to answer it for you.
Guns typically make a loud bang or gunshot noise when they are fired. The sound can vary depending on the type of gun and the environment where it is being shot. Additionally, different types of ammunition can produce different sounds when fired.
The last ALL GUN (no missiles) battleship to fire it's guns in a war; was the Iowa Class USS New Jersey. She fired nearly 6,000 16" shells and 15,000 5" shells at communist targets in Vietnam.
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3/4's the same. The 152mm Sheridan main guns, used primarily in Vietnam, fired FULLY combustible shells, nothing came out of the breech after firing, except smoke. The Abram's 120mm ejects a back cap after firing.
They are shells fired from a gun with a bore of just under 1.5 inches.
projectiles
They use proprietairy shells, not common to other guns.