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'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0035 Bronze 9-pdr.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0036 Bronze mortar.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0037 Bronze 24-pdr.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE''[[Image:0038 Bronze 6-pdr.jpg|400px|]] [[Image:0038a 6-pdr drg.jpg|400px|]]
BRONZE GUN 6pdr'''Bronze Gun 6-pdr'''<br>
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0039 Bronze 2-pdr.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0039a 2-pdr.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0040 Dragon gun.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0042 6-pdr Chelsea.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0044 Chinese guns.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0046 Belvoir gun.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0046a Belvoir.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0047 Taku gun.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0048 Zamzamah.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0049 Moulmein Mon Museum.jpg|400px|]]'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0050 Moulmein.jpg|400px|]] [[Image:0051 Moulmein-detail.jpg|400px|]]
'''IMAGE'''[[Image:0052 Victory.jpg|400px|]]
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=== British 9-pounder Howitzer===
'''Bronze Gun or Howitzer''', 9-pounder (PL.52)
Indian, Cossipore dated 1838.
=== Bronze Tiger Mortar ===
'''Bronze Mortar '''
Indian, probably late 18th century.
=== Kurnaul 24-pounder ===
0037a 24-pdr drg '''Bronze Gun 24-pounder'''<br>
Indian probably 18th century.
=== Bhurtpore 6-pounder ===
Indian, early 18th century
The bore is sleeved with an iron tube constructed of welded parallel strips. There is a band of conventional flowers and foliage by the trunnions and on the base ring, the cascable being stylised lotus form. Diamond-shaped cartouches on the second reinforce and on the chase frame Hindu names and Hindi titles in Persian inscriptions. These are much worn and in parts illegible, but they appear to state that the gun was made to order of the ‘Earth-lord Maharajah Sava’i Jai Bahadur’. The base ring carries a back sight. By the vent, the first reinforce is incised with the number LXIII and 67-0-0, the latter probably the weight. Further forward is stamped ANO 24 6Pr. These markings were added after the capture of the gun.
L11ft 4in (345.4cm): 12ft 8in (386.1cm) Cal 3.75in (9.5cm) Wt 67cwt(3403.6kg)
=== Indian bronze 2-pounder ===
BRONZE GUN 2-pounder<br>
The muzzle is formed as a monster’s head. The prominent mouldings are edged with conventional foliage, the chase and second reinforce being ornamented with foliated panels in relief. A raised block on the base ring is pierced with a peep sight, there being a large fore sight at the muzzle. The chase is engraved with the measurements: ‘Length 10 in 5, width 2in 5, 10’. Just below the first reinforce ring are stamped the numbers 59-4-2-25, the first being an inventory number, the other its weight. The entire surface shows considerable traces of gold paint.
L 5ft ( 152.4cm): 5ft 8.5in (174cm) Cal 2.3in (5.8cm) Wt 4cwt 2 qtr 25lb (239.9Kg)
=== Burmese Dragon Gun ===
Taken by British forces in 1885 from King Thebaw’s Palace in [[Mandalay]].
===Indian 6-pounder ===
BRONZE GUN, 6-pounder and carriage (PL.42)<br>
=== 17th Century Chinese Guns ===
Two Chinese guns incorrectly labelled at Chelsea as Sikh and taken at Chillianwalla during the 2nd Sikh war.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvoir_Castle Belvoir Castle] in Rutland.
Assumed to have been presented by Henry, Ist Viscount Hardinge, to the 5th Duke of Rutland and said to have been captured during the [[2nd Sikh War]] (1848-49) possibly at [[Siege of Multan Dec 1848|Multan]].
It is remarkably similar to the drawing of the swivel gun below.
L 4ft 4.5in (133.4cm); 4ft 9in (144.8cm) Cal 1.6in (4cm) Wt 1cwt 2 qtr (76.2kg)
The [[Taku Forts]] were defences near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianjin#History Tianjin] in northeastern China.
An ‘Armstrong’ rifled muzzle loader. It was possibly placed in the old fort during the 3rd China War|Boxer Rebellion 1896-1901. Calibre estimated at 7-10 in. British guns of this type were not manufactured until the late 1870s.
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamzama Zamzama] is currently in front of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore_Museum Lahore Museum], Pakistan. For an online edition of ''Kim'', refer [[Rudyard Kipling]]
This gun at 14ft 4.5 in bore 9.5in cast at Lahore in 1757 and used by Ahmed Shah at Panipat in 1761.
This gun is in the museum at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlamyine Moulmein], Burma.
This smooth-bore cast iron gun, dated 1826 and bearing the elaborate ‘Crown & P’ mark of George IV, signifying that the gun had passed proof in the Royal Navy yards as fit and ready for service, is of the Blomefield pattern, named after Thomas Blomefield, Inspector of Artillery at Woolwich between 1780 and 1822. It has the characteristic breeching loop above the button, typical of naval guns of this pattern, also carried by Nelson’s VICTORY at Trafalgar. The loop had a heavy duty hawser passed through it, lashing the gun to the ship to prevent too much unpredictable recoil demolishing the mast and occasionally demolishing members of the gun crew as well. Formerly masts were padded at the base using ‘soft substance’ but this was never satisfactory, especially in the case of very heavy cannon.
Below is a drawing and extract from ‘The story of the Gun’ Lt AW Wilson RA first published 1944.
''‘The drawing shows a 32pr. on board the VICTORY. Compare it with any piece of 200 years before and notice the similarity. Elevation was still obtained by means of the quoin or wedge, while the only advance on checking recoil by means of ‘soft substance’ around the mast, seems to be that of anchoring the piece to the ship by a breeching passed through the eye of the cascable. The number in the detachments for these guns was decided by allowing one man for each 500lbs of metal. The 32-pounder weighed 32 cwt (3,584 lbs) and therefore had a crew of seven. It is interesting to consider that were we to use the same system today we should require a detachment of 70 for one of our modern heavy guns.’''
