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breech-loading
breech-loading, vbl. n. (ˈbriːtʃləʊdɪŋ) A. The method of loading (fire-arms) at the breech.1866 Daily Tel. 26 May, The practice made with the imperfect ‘needle-gun’..proves that breech-loading..perfectly admits of introduction into warfare. 1874 Boutell Arms & Arm. 219 The idea of breech-loading for... Oxford English Dictionary
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Breech-loading swivel gun
A breech-loading swivel gun was a particular type of swivel gun and a small breech-loading cannon invented in the 14th century. Characteristics Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, breech-loading swivel guns were wikipedia.org
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Hughes breech-loading cannon
The Hughes breech-loading cannon 38.1mm gun was designed in 1861 and used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. It was a breech-loading cannon; the breech of the cannon is uniquely like a bolt-action but has no firing pin in its bolt. wikipedia.org
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Deniliquin 12 Pounder Rifled Breech-Loading Gun
Australia retains a small number of the rifled breech-loading gun (of varying calibres). The 12-pounder rifled breech-loading gun at Deniliquin is the only example of this gun in NSW. wikipedia.org
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1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II
The 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II was a British light artillery piece designed during World War I. Operational history The concept of using the 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II in the trenches was superseded by that of the trench mortar wikipedia.org
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Breechloader
History Although breech-loading firearms were developed as far back as the early 14th century in Burgundy and various other parts of Europe, breech-loading a breech-loading rifle as its main infantry firearm. wikipedia.org
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Breech
Breech may refer to: Breech (firearms), the opening at the rear of a gun barrel where the cartridge is inserted in a breech-loading weapon breech, the lower part of a pulley block breech, the penetration of a boiler where exhaust gases leave it breech birth, when the baby is born feet or bottom first wikipedia.org
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Breech-lock
A breech-lock is a system for mounting camera lenses to camera bodies. Breech-lock comes from the mechanisms that lock closed the breech of breech-loading firearms and artillery. wikipedia.org
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Swivel gun
History Although breech-loading is often considered a modern innovation which facilitated the loading of cannons, breech-loading swivel guns were invented The breech-loading guns were called "breech loading culverin" by Cardwell, they were long with bore. wikipedia.org
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Prangi
The prangi was a breech-loading swivel gun. The Ottoman term goes back to the Italian/Spanish braga, short for "petriero a barga" and "pedrero de braga", a small breech-loading swivel gun. wikipedia.org
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Pierrier à boîte
A Pierrier à boîte was an early type of small wrought iron cannon developed in the early 15th century, and a type of breech-loading swivel gun. The pierrier was a breech-loading weapon, using a powder chamber similar to a beer mug for loading of individual shots, without having to load from the wikipedia.org
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Che Dian Chong
The che dian chong () is a breech-loading, cartridge-using musket invented by Zhao Shizhen (趙士禎) during the Ming dynasty for the dynasty's arsenals. The zi mu chong is also a breech loading musket, the earliest breech-loader musket known. wikipedia.org
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Muzzle-loading rifle
This is the opposite of a breech-loading weapon or rifled breechloader (RBL), which is loaded from the breech-end of the barrel. ordnance provided more accuracy, a greater range and more penetrative power, which was the rationale behind the development and on-board shipping of the breech-loading wikipedia.org
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Tabatière rifle
The Tabatière rifle was a breech-loading rifle of the French Army. The name "Tabatière" comes from the fact that the breech-loading mechanism looked like a snuff box. wikipedia.org
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Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye
Breech-loading cannons Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye took a key role in introducing rifled breech loading cannons, a marked improvement over the previous In 1870, de Reffye developed the Reffye 85mm cannon, an 85 mm (3.35-inch) rifled breech-loading cannon, equipped with a breech screw, initially made of wikipedia.org
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