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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:artillery
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gptkbp:caliber
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various (6-pounder, 12-pounder, 20-pounder, 40-pounder, 110-pounder)
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gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:displayedAt
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gptkb:Fort_Nelson,_Hampshire
gptkb:Australian_War_Memorial
gptkb:National_Army_Museum,_London
Royal Armouries Museum
various military museums worldwide
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gptkbp:introduced
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1855
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gptkbp:inventedBy
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gptkb:William_George_Armstrong
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gptkbp:material
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wrought iron
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gptkbp:namedAfter
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gptkb:William_George_Armstrong
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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built-up construction
lead-coated shells
vent-piece breech mechanism
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gptkbp:notableFor
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innovative breech-loading mechanism
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gptkbp:replacedBy
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gptkb:RML_gun
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gptkbp:significance
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first successful breech-loading field gun adopted by a major army
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gptkbp:type
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rifled breech-loading gun
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gptkbp:usedBy
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gptkb:British_Army
gptkb:Confederate_States_Army
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:Union_Army
various colonial forces
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gptkbp:usedIn
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Second_Opium_War
gptkb:Taiping_Rebellion
gptkb:New_Zealand_Wars
Crimean War (late phase)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Sir_W._G._Armstrong_Whitworth
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Armstrong Gun
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