Mystery of the First Russian Rifle Naval Guns

In 1859 France completed the first ocean-going ironclad warship, «La Gloire», and changed the definition of naval power completely. Russia, as all the other Powers, found that her most powerful naval gun, the 60-pdr, was insufficient for modern warfare, and realized the future naval armament relied...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicholas W. Mitiukov, Kent Rand Crawford
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Academic Publisher House Researcher 2015-09-01
Series:Voennyi Sbornik
Subjects:
gun
Online Access:http://ejournal6.com/journals_n/1445954390.pdf