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  • RML 17.72 inch gun
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  • The RML 17.72 inch (450 mm) guns ("100-ton gun") were rifled muzzle-loading guns made by Elswick Ordnance Company in the United Kingdom. The 12 guns Elswick made armed two Italian battleships, and to counter these, British fortifications at Malta and Gibraltar.
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Number
  • 15
part length
  • bore :
Service
  • 1877
Name
  • RML 17.72 inch gun
is artillery
  • yes
Type
Caption
  • "Rockbuster" at Napier of Magdala Battery, Gibraltar
Unit Cost
  • 16000.0
traverse
  • 150
Max range
  • 6600
Cartridge
  • HE, AP, Shrapnel,
Weight
  • 103
is UK
  • yes
Recoil
  • 1.75 m
Elevation
  • 1800.0
Designer
abstract
  • The RML 17.72 inch (450 mm) guns ("100-ton gun") were rifled muzzle-loading guns made by Elswick Ordnance Company in the United Kingdom. The 12 guns Elswick made armed two Italian battleships, and to counter these, British fortifications at Malta and Gibraltar.