effective range and rateoffire with considerably less weight. The Oerlikon could not sustain fire for as long as the water-cooled 1.1–inch, but six Oerlikons
caliber for U.S. Naval ships. Its rateoffire is lower than the British 4.5 in (114 mm) gun, but it fires a heavier 5-inch (127 mm) shell which carries a
multi-purpose muzzleloader rifle, a twist rateof1 in 48 inches (120 cm) is very common. The M16A2 rifle, which is designed to fire the 5.56×45mm NATO SS109 ball
and HE shell, engage targets "immune to small arms fire". The two-inch mortar was one of a number of small mortars brought into service by European nations
The 1-inch Nordenfelt gun was an early quick-firing light gun intended to defend larger warships against the new small fast-moving torpedo boats in the