File:Great Turkish Bombard at Fort Nelson.JPG

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Summary

The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun" class="extiw" title="en:Dardanelles Gun">Dardanelles Gun</a> : is a siege gun dating from soon after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It is cast in bronze and was made in two parts: the barrel which holds the shot and the chamber which holds the charge. The two parts screw together and there is a ring of sockets at the ends of each section, these take levers to facilitate screwing and unscrewing the parts.

Overall length is 5.2 m and it weighs 16.8 tonnes. It fires a stone ball of about 300 kg some 1600 m. The rate of fire was very slow - about 15 rounds per day.

Currently in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nelson,_Portsmouth" class="extiw" title="en:Fort Nelson, Portsmouth">Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson</a>, Portsmouth, England.

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current21:55, 6 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 21:55, 6 January 20171,600 × 1,200 (557 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles_Gun" class="extiw" title="en:Dardanelles Gun">Dardanelles Gun</a></b> : is a siege gun dating from soon after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It is cast in bronze and was made in two parts: the barrel which holds the shot and the chamber which holds the charge. The two parts screw together and there is a ring of sockets at the ends of each section, these take levers to facilitate screwing and unscrewing the parts. <p>Overall length is 5.2 m and it weighs 16.8 tonnes. It fires a stone ball of about 300 kg some 1600 m. The rate of fire was very slow - about 15 rounds per day. </p> Currently in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Nelson,_Portsmouth" class="extiw" title="en:Fort Nelson, Portsmouth">Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson</a>, Portsmouth, England.
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