1-inch Nordenfelt gun | |
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Type | Naval gun |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
In service | 1880–1890s |
Used by | Many navies |
Production history | |
Designer | Helge Palmcrantz |
Manufacturer | Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company |
Specifications | |
Mass | 447 pounds (203 kg)[1] |
Barrel length | 35.48 inches (901 mm)[1] |
Shell | 7.25 ounces (0.206 kg) solid steel bullet with brass jacket[1] |
Calibre | 1-inch (25.40 mm) |
Muzzle velocity | 1,464 feet per second (446 m/s)[1] |
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 late 1870s to the 1890s.