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To: reg45

So caliber has nothing to do with bore diameter?


44 posted on 07/25/2019 3:58:35 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Bonemaker

Bore size is caliber. So the true statement wold 155mm x 58 = tube length


50 posted on 07/25/2019 4:08:48 PM PDT by Kadric
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To: Bonemaker; Farmer Dean

See 43.

Words often have several meanings/usages.

Calibers, plural, here means how many bore lengths a field piece has. It is the ratio of inner diameter to length, not the diameter, that matters.

One could have, hypothetically, a 155MM as mortar, as howitzer, and as rifle (gun). The barrel length would determine the classification, and hence use (range and trajectory).

Shotgun bores use a different caliber concept: A 10 Gauge bore would accommodate ten lead balls totalling a pound; a 12 Gauge would need twelve balls; a 20 Gauge would need twenty. (.410 is a rifled weapon caliber designation; it would be about 68 Gauge.)


85 posted on 07/25/2019 5:45:20 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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