Are they talking about the diameter of the barrel of the cannon? Or the diameter of the shell used? What?
2007-07-15 16:18:58 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A gun as wide as yer pecker son.
2007-07-15 16:33:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the inside diameter of the barrel
2007-07-15 23:32:07 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6" means the bullet is six inches fat.
Some armies use metric,for instance the germans in wwii had a gun called the 88 which meant the shell was 88mm thick.
The americans on the other hand had the .50 machine gun which had a bullet half an inch thick.
Battleships have 15inch guns which means the bullet is 15inches fat.
The hardest of all would be the british system which sometimes used weight,the 17 pounder gun i think was about the equivelent to the german 75mm.
2007-07-16 04:49:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diameter of the bore.
2007-07-15 23:22:27 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah 6 Inch gun is the diameter of the barrel.
If they are saying a Six Gun. It is a six shot revolver
2007-07-15 23:37:45 · answer #5 · answered by WCSteel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diameter of the bore of the barrel. 6 inches across. (BIG ain't it?)
2007-07-15 23:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by Gump023 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are talking about the diameter of the shell used...
2007-07-15 23:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by Nita and Michael 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The inside measurement of the barrel, AND the outside measure of the shell. The need to be the same to work right.
2007-07-15 23:24:04 · answer #8 · answered by Thorbjorn 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Naval term relating to the caliber of guns its armed with.
Lighter ships armed up to 6''. Above that, other ships armed with an array of different caliber for multi actions, such as heavy cruisers, battle ships (now extinct) Not forgetting pompoms and similar armaments to deal with aircraft attacks, torpedo's and depth charges etc.
Today - most warships carry various rocket armaments to deal with opposition!
2007-07-15 23:53:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on context...
With respect to artillery... the largest diameter of the projectile fired.
2007-07-15 23:35:05 · answer #10 · answered by gugliamo00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the size of the inner barrel of course.also it can be the size of the ammunition used.the british instead use the term pounder with respect to the weight of the ammunition or shells in pounds such as 2 pounder guns
2007-07-15 23:44:48 · answer #11 · answered by der Bomber 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋