68 pounder gun
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The 68-pounder cannon was an artillery piece designed and used by the British Armed Forces in the mid-19th century. The cannon was a smoothbore muzzle-loading gun manufactured in several weights firing projectiles of 68 lb (31 kg). Colonel William Dundas designed the 112 cwt version in 1841 which was cast the following year. The most common variant, weighing 95 long cwt (4,800 kg), dates from 1846. It entered service with the Royal Artillery and the Royal Navy and saw active service with both arms during the Crimean War. Over 2,000 were made and it gained a reputation as the finest smoothbore cannon ever made.
1846 — 1921
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2000 produced,
Royal Navy, British Army, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
254 mm 45 caliber Pattern 1891, B-34, Bofors twin 57 mm, cat, Diamond-class sixth-rate frigate, smoothbore cannon,
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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
RML gun Middle Head 1891 AWM P00991.031
Guns Crew at Work RMG PW1739
HMS Sidon 68 pounder pivot gun 1855 LOC 05685u
Bradleysheadsfortifi0052
68 pounder southsea
Flagstaff Hill Fort.
Cannon Ballarat closeup
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68pdr smoothbore
68 pounder fort nelson| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | RML gun Middle Head 1891 AWM P00991.031 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Guns Crew at Work RMG PW1739 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | HMS Sidon 68 pounder pivot gun 1855 LOC 05685u | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bradleysheadsfortifi0052 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 68 pounder southsea | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Flagstaff Hill Fort. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cannon Ballarat closeup | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Cannon Ballarat | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 68pdr smoothbore | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 68 pounder fort nelson | Commons | ||
