D Shot Length Weight Length Length MV
Weight in Cal. of piece of piece protruding
5.15in 68 lbs 25 2.28 tons 10ft-9in 6ft-5ini 1,600 ft/sec
5.15in 68 lbs 30 2.73 tons 12ft-10in 7ft-9in 1,960 ft/sec
5.15in 68 lbs 35 3.19 tons 15ft 9ft 2,200 ft/sec
5.15in 68 lbs 40 3.64 tons 17ft-2in 10ft-4in 2,400 ft/sec
5.15in 68 lbs 45 4.1 tons 19ft-4in 11ft-7in 2,700 ft/sec
5.15in 68 lbs 50 4.55 tons 21ft-5in 12ft-10in 2,850 ft/sec
The idea is to have these available for use in ship designs of various periods.
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
Guns: my 68pdr guns
In early 1999, I had this series that I did where I had a range of guns with the same shot weight. This one is the "68 pdr gun" (5.15in):
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