Paixhans gun

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The Paixhans gun was a 19th-century naval artillery piece that fired explosive shells on flat trajectories, revolutionizing naval warfare by making wooden warships highly vulnerable to devastating bombardment.

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Battle of Kinburn (1855) usedWeapon Paixhans gun