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1 lb 15 oz (0.88 kg) gunpowder charge, but maximum range of only 5,000 yards (4,600 m). Text Book of
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in 1918 around 35 - 40 Nordenfelt cannons became available to the
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Nordenfelt guns can be visually differentiated from equivalent and similar
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Handbook for the
Nordenfelt 6-PR quick firing guns Marks I and II. Great Britain. Admiralty. London : Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Eyre & Spottiswoode 1887
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which started to enter service in the late 1870s. The
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Note that this gun should not be confused with the short-barreled 57 mm
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