s. The weight of the projectile in this gun was 450pounds, it had a muzzle velocity of 1,700 foot seconds, and its maximum range was 6,000yards. This was a wonderful gun for the time, and was a great improvement over theguns of a few decades before. AND THE NATIONS WEKE ANGRY 289 of death, even… … Courtesy Brig. Gen. William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance, U. S. Army. Modern 12-inch breech-loading rifle, mounted on Buffington-Crozier disappearing carriage.The photograph shows the gun in the firing position. The recoil when the gun is fired throwsit down into the loading position, and the gunners…
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