Ordnance RML 7-pounder Mk IV Mountain Gun | |
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![]() No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery with RML 7-pounder circa. 1895 | |
Type | Mountain gun |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
In service | 1873 – 19? |
Used by | ![]() ![]() |
Wars | Anglo-Zulu War First Boer War Second Boer War Anglo-Aro War |
Specifications | |
Mass | 200 lb (91 kg) barrel |
Barrel length | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
Shell | 7 lb 11 oz (3.5 kg) (shrapnel) 7 lb 4 oz (3.3 kg) (common) 12 lb 4 oz (5.6 kg) (double)[1] |
Calibre | 3 in (76 mm)[1] |
Traverse | nil |
Muzzle velocity | 968 ft/s (295 m/s) |
Maximum firing range | 3,000 yd (2,700 m)[1] |
The Ordnance RML 7-pounder Mk IV "Steel Gun" was a British rifled muzzle-loading mountain gun. 7-pounder referred to the approximate weight of the shell it fired.
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