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Never in all the years that we have been building guns , has there been a case of a burst Krupp cannon . ... One of his chief arguments against the possibility of a burst Krupp gun seemed to be that the barrel is made of one solid piece ...
Never in all the years that we have been building guns , has there been a case of a burst Krupp cannon . ... One of his chief arguments against the possibility of a burst Krupp gun seemed to be that the barrel is made of one solid piece ...
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Their powder ( meaning the • British ) is in a large degree responsible for the comparatively short life of their big guns . Apart from the damage it does to the rifling , it causes cracks and abrasions in both the inner and the outer ...
Their powder ( meaning the • British ) is in a large degree responsible for the comparatively short life of their big guns . Apart from the damage it does to the rifling , it causes cracks and abrasions in both the inner and the outer ...
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1 , 1901 , when the body of Queen Victoria was brought from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth , minute - guns were fired from the battle - ships which lined the route of the royal yacht . * In the naval review of 1897 , the fleet ...
1 , 1901 , when the body of Queen Victoria was brought from the Isle of Wight to Portsmouth , minute - guns were fired from the battle - ships which lined the route of the royal yacht . * In the naval review of 1897 , the fleet ...
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