Long Cecil | |
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Type | Howitzer |
Place of origin | Kimberley |
Service history | |
In service | 1900-01-23[1] to 1900-02-15 |
Used by | British Empire |
Wars | Second Boer War |
Production history | |
Designer | George Labram |
Designed | 1899 |
Manufacturer | De Beers |
Produced | January 1900 |
No. built | 1 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,625 kilograms (3,583 lb)[2] |
Shell weight | 13.5 kilograms (29.8 lb)[2] |
Calibre | 104.14 millimetres (4.10 in)[2] |
Carriage | Custom |
Elevation | 0° to +26° |
Traverse | nil |
Muzzle velocity | 512 metres per second (1,680 ft/s)[2] |
Effective firing range | 7,300 metres (8,000 yd)[2] |
Long Cecil is a cannon built in the workshops of the De Beers mining company in Kimberley for use by the British in the Siege of Kimberley during the Second Boer War.
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