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Weapon that has a barrel without rifling
A smoothbore weapon has a barrel without rifling. Smoothbores range from handheld firearms to powerful tank guns and large artillery mortars. Some examples
Smoothbore
Soviet and Russian tank ammunition
The following is a list of ammunition fired by the 125 mm smoothbore gun series used in the T-64, T-72, T-80, M-84, T-90, PT-91, T-14 Armata, and other
125_mm_smoothbore_ammunition
Smoothbore muzzle-loaded long gun (firearm)
A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable
Musket
Type of firearm with at least one rifled barrel and one smoothbore barrel
is a firearm that usually comprises at least one rifled barrel and one smoothbore barrel, that is typically used with shot or some type of shotgun slug
Combination_gun
Smoothbore main battle tank gun
The Rheinmetall Rh-120 is a 120 mm smoothbore tank gun designed and produced in former West Germany by the Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH company. It
Rheinmetall_Rh-120
Type of firearm
Originally the term referred only to muskets that had been produced as a smoothbore weapon and later had their barrels replaced with rifled barrels. The term
Rifled_musket
Musket
than just a variant of the Model 1816. The Model 1842 was the last U.S. smoothbore musket. Many features that had been retrofitted into the Springfield Model
Springfield_Model_1842
American musket
very similar to the original smoothbore musket. Smoothbore musket: Springfield Model 1795 – .69 caliber flintlock smoothbore musket and first longarm to
Springfield_musket
American naval gun of the 19th Century
unsatisfactory. In 1849, then-lieutenant Dahlgren began to design a family of smoothbore muzzle-loading boat howitzers that could be mounted in ships' launches
Dahlgren_gun
percussion cap and the Minié ball, rifled muskets had much greater range than smoothbore muskets while being easier to load than previous rifles. Most firearms
List of weapons in the American Civil War
List_of_weapons_in_the_American_Civil_War
Black powder hunting caliber
such as 6, 4, or 2 bores, from then on exclusively with smoothbore barrels. The smoothbore also, at least until the advent of breechloading, could be
4_bore
Various types of small arms ammunition
have to be measured or counted out. The paper also served as a patch in smoothbore firearms, which fired balls that were smaller than the diameter of the
Paper_cartridge
Artillery used as a tank's main armament
mm smoothbore tank gun which can fire LAHAT missiles, adopted for the Leopard 2, and later the U.S. M1 Abrams. The chief advantages of smoothbore designs
Tank_gun
Musket
weather resistance before they made it to the field. Although produced as a smoothbore musket, most of the Model 1840 muskets had their barrels rifled later
Springfield Model 1840 flintlock musket
Springfield_Model_1840_flintlock_musket
Main battle tank
main armament from a 120 mm L30A1 rifled main gun to the 120 mm L55A1 smoothbore gun (which itself is an upgraded version of the L55 fitted to the Leopard
Challenger_3
American Civil War coast defense gun
unbanded 8-inch smoothbore, but nothing further is known of it. Similar attempts to bore out flawed 7-inch gun blocks to 9-inch (229 mm) smoothbores were unsuccessful
Brooke_rifle
Anti-tank gun
Soviet-designed 100-mm anti-tank gun. It was the first anti-tank gun to adopt a smoothbore barrel, and to introduce modern armor piercing shot, like the APFSDS.
100_mm_anti-tank_gun_T-12
Smoothbore tank gun
The IMI 120 mm gun is an L44 smoothbore tank gun designed and produced by Israeli Military Industries (IMI). It is widely confused as a licensed production
IMI_120_mm_gun
Tank gun
The M256 is an American 120 mm smoothbore tank gun. It is a licensed-built German-designed Rheinmetall Rh-120 L44 gun tube and combustible cartridges with
M256_(tank_gun)
Ammunition for a muzzle-loading musket
The combination served to greatly improve the hit probability of the smoothbore musket. In combat, especially at closer ranges, the buckshot would retain
Buck_and_ball
artillery weapons used during the Civil War: smoothbores and rifles. Smoothbores included howitzers and guns. Smoothbore artillery refers to weapons that are
Field artillery in the American Civil War
Field_artillery_in_the_American_Civil_War
French tank gun
The Autoloaded and SCALable Outperforming guN or ASCALON is a French smoothbore 140 mm tank gun of 50 calibers designed by Nexter. This gun is currently
ASCALON_(tank_gun)
Firearm component which guides the projectile during acceleration
external ballistics). Any gun without riflings in the bore is called a smoothbore gun. When a firearm cartridge is chambered, its casing occupies the chamber
Gun_barrel
Naval gun
by the British Armed Forces in the mid-19th century. The cannon was a smoothbore muzzle-loading gun manufactured in several weights firing projectiles
68-pounder_gun
Russian third-generation main battle tank
developed from, and designed to replace the T-72. It uses a 125 mm 2A46 smoothbore main gun, the 1A45T fire-control system, an upgraded engine, and gunner's
T-90
Type of artillery piece
some armies attempted to simplify their artillery parks by introducing smoothbore artillery pieces that were designed to fire both explosive projectiles
Howitzer
Anti-tank gun
designations of the Sprut-A and Sprut-B (Russian for octopus or kraken) Soviet smoothbore 125 mm anti-tank guns. The 2A45M was created in the late 1980s by the
Sprut_anti-tank_gun
Early gun; small arm and then a cannon
English in the 16th century. The culverin as an artillery piece had a long smoothbore gun barrel with a relatively long range and flat trajectory, using solid
Culverin
Organization
rifle-muskets, the older smoothbore muskets were commonly used during the first half of the war. The N-SSA instituted matches for smoothbore muskets in the 1990s
North-South Skirmish Association
North-South_Skirmish_Association
1961 Soviet medium tank
rifled tank guns, the T-62 was the first production tank armed with a smoothbore tank gun which could fire APFSDS rounds at higher velocities (the U.S
T-62
18th-century long firearm
The Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of
Nock_gun
Smoothbore tank gun
The 2A46 (also called D-81TM) is a 125 mm/L48 smoothbore cannon of Soviet origin used in several main battle tanks. It was designed by OKB-9 (Artillery
2A46_125_mm_gun
Soviet main battle tank
including composite armour, a compact engine and transmission, and a smoothbore 125-mm gun equipped with an autoloader to allow the crew to be reduced
T-64
75mm cased telescopic ammunition autocannon
medium caliber, antiarmor automatic cannon, MC-AAAC) was an American smoothbore 75mm autocannon designed by Eugene Stoner. It used a rotating breech block
XM274
Self-contained cartridge loaded with either shot or a solid slug
small, spherical sub-projectiles called shot. Shotguns typically use a smoothbore barrel with a tapered constriction at the muzzle to regulate the extent
Shotgun_cartridge
Calibre of tank ammunition
NATO-standard (STANAG 4385), tank gun semi-combustible cartridge used by 120mm smoothbore guns, superseding the earlier 105×617mmR cartridge used in NATO-standard
120×570mm_NATO
Gun-launched anti-tank missile
systems developed in the Soviet Union. Both are designed to be fired from smoothbore 125 mm tank and anti-tank guns (2A45, 2A46 and 2A46M). The name Svir comes
9M119_Svir/Refleks
Smoothbore tank gun
The CN08 (Cannon 08) is a 120 mm 55-caliber smoothbore tank gun produced by Hyundai WIA. It was indigenously developed by the Agency for Defense Development
CN08_120_mm_gun
Smoothbore cannon
The M1841 6-pounder field gun was a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and used from the Mexican–American
M1841_6-pounder_field_gun
U.S.-developed artillery weapon
The M224 60 mm Lightweight Company Mortar System (LWCMS) is a smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire mortar used for close-in support of ground
M224_mortar
French tank gun
is a French smoothbore 120mm tank gun of 52 calibers designed by the EFAB of Bourges and produced by Giat Industries . The 120 mm smoothbore gun F1 has
CN120-26
US infantry mortar
The M2 mortar is a 60 millimeter smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used by U.S. forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam
M2_mortar
Firearm loaded with a cartridge of pellets
single solid projectile called a slug. Shotguns are most commonly used as smoothbore firearms, meaning that their gun barrels have no rifling on the inner
Shotgun
Large firearm for hunting big game
An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, rifled or smoothbore, originally developed for use by big-game hunters for elephant and other large game. Elephant
Elephant_gun
Class of rifle which is loaded through the muzzle of the barrel
rifle is a muzzle-loaded small arm that has a rifled barrel rather than a smoothbore, and is loaded from the muzzle of the barrel rather than the breech. Historically
Muzzle-loading_rifle
Main gun on the BMP-1 and BMD-1 infantry fighting vehicles
BMP-1 and BMD-1 infantry fighting vehicles. It is a 73 mm low pressure smoothbore semi-automatic gun with a wedge breech block. Development of the 2A28
2A28_Grom
Internal diameter of the barrel of a firearm
(bore diameter) and other necessary parameters to define in general a smoothbore barrel (compare to caliber, which defines a barrel with rifling and its
Gauge_(firearms)
Smooth-bore, short-barrel naval cannon
A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast-iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy. It was first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk
Carronade
Common long range firearm
sports. The invention of rifling separated such firearms from the earlier smoothbore weapons (e.g., arquebuses, muskets, and other long guns), greatly elevating
Rifle
Almas Spike Orev (upgraded BGM-71 TOW-2) MAPATS LAHAT – fired through smoothbore tank gun tubes of Merkava tanks Nimrod Mosquito Type 64 MAT Type 79 Jyu-MAT
List_of_anti-tank_missiles
Japanese main battle tank
prototypes of the Type 90 were developed, both armed with a Japanese 120 mm smoothbore gun (produced by Japan Steel Works Limited) firing Japanese ammunition
Type_90_tank
Main battle tank
The combat weight of the tank is 51 tons. The Oplot is armed with a smoothbore 125 mm KBA-3 cannon, a KT-7.62 (PKT) coaxial machine gun and a KT-12.7
T-84
Musket
as the Type II. Like the Model 1816, the Model 1822 was a .69 caliber smoothbore flintlock, with a 42-inch (110 cm) barrel and an overall length of 58
Model_1822_Musket
Infantry mortar
The M19 Mortar is a light, smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon for light infantry support developed and produced in the United States
M19_mortar
Type of light artillery gun
A recoilless rifle (rifled), recoilless launcher (smoothbore), recoilless rocket launcher, or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "rr" or "RCL"
Recoilless_rifle
American third-generation main battle tank
Army's standard M68 105 mm gun over Germany's 120 mm Rheinmetall Rh-120 smoothbore gun for the XM1. To begin with, the 105 mm gun was "the smallest, lightest
M1_Abrams
Soviet shotgun
gauge smoothbore barrel and .22 LR rifled barrel), 2.25 - 2.5 kg. MTs 5-14 (МЦ 5-14) - а combination gun with 675mm barrels (28 gauge smoothbore barrel
MTs_5
Smoothbore tank gun
The MKE 120 MM 55C gun is a Turkish 120 mm 55 caliber smoothbore gun based on the CN08 120 mm gun produced by the Turkish company Mechanical and Chemical
MKE_120_MM_55C
Non-spherical projectile designed to be shot from an air gun
be shot through a smoothbore barrel, they are often designed to be inherently stable, much like the Foster slugs used in smoothbore shotguns. The diabolo
Pellet_(air_gun)
lombard, also known as a lonbarda, wallbreaker, or quebrantamuro, was a smoothbore cannon used in the early Renaissance in Spain and Italy. Its ammunition
Lombard_(gun)
American prototype medium tank developed from 1955 to 1959
turret, and was used in conjunction with the APFSDS-firing 90 mm T208 smoothbore gun, which had a rigid mount without a recoil system. In addition, although
T95_medium_tank
Firearm of the Ottoman Empire and Balkans
The Kariofili (Greek: Καριοφίλι), also spelled Kariophili, was a smoothbore musket produced and used throughout Greece and its neighbouring territories
Kariofili
Musket
chasse (fu-zi dee chā-se), originally meaning "hunting gun", was a light smoothbore flintlock musket designed for hunting. A later military variant known
Tulle_musket
German Main Battle Tank
primary armament of the KF51 is a stabilised Rheinmetall Rh-130 L/52 130 mm smoothbore gun that can be elevated from −9˚ to +20˚. Rheinmetall claims that this
Panther_KF51
Grapeshot revolver/service pistol
caliber than the chambers in the cylinder proper. The central barrel is smoothbore and can function as a short-barreled shotgun (hence the name "Grape Shot
LeMat_Revolver
Artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles
The Stokes mortar was a simple muzzle-loaded weapon, consisting of a smoothbore metal tube fixed to a base plate (to absorb recoil) with a lightweight
Mortar_(weapon)
Main battle tank
that of the T-80U with a T-80BV turret that was up-gunned to a 152.4 smoothbore gun. The new gun had the same chamber diameter as the 152mm but was much
Obiekt_292
warfare or has more in common with Napoleonic warfare. Historically, the smoothbore musket had been the primary weapon of the infantry, while the rifle was
Rifles in the American Civil War
Rifles_in_the_American_Civil_War
Battle during the Philippine–American War
were exchanged between a Filipino battery, firing from 6-inch (150 mm) smoothbore cannon and 1-pounder Hotchkiss guns, and Battery D with a 3.2-inch field
Battle_of_Zapote_River
Rifled musket
Bess, a smoothbore flintlock musket. Following the Pattern 1839 Brown Bess, a percussion conversion, the .753 caliber Pattern 1842 smoothbore musket was
Pattern_1851_Minié_rifle
2001 Chinese main battle tank
Combining modular composite armour and tandem-charge defeating ERA, 125 mm smoothbore gun with ATGM-capability, high mobility, digital systems and optics, the
Type_99_tank
British main battle tank
protected as well as Challenger but had much better mobility and used the smoothbore 120 mm gun that would give it commonality with other NATO forces. The
Challenger_2
Pump action shotgun
made in both Matte and camouflage finishes. Barrels may be rifled or smoothbore, and are usually 24", 26", or 28" long. This model is available in 12
Benelli_Nova
Main battle tank
II, is an upgraded M60A1. The upgrade includes the Israeli IMI MG253 smoothbore 120-mm L44 gun, composite and explosive reactive armour modules, and a
M60T_tank
Main battle tank
The Type 69 was the first Chinese tank to be outfitted with a 100mm smoothbore gun capable of firing APFSDS rounds. It also had two-plane gun stabilization
Type_69_tank
Anti-materiel rifle
Infantry Weapon System. Unlike other anti-tank rifle designs, it has a smoothbore barrel. This facilitates higher projectile velocities and allows a longer
Steyr_IWS_2000
Firearm of the Ottoman Empire and Balkans
The Džeferdar IPA: [dʒefer̩dar] was an ornate, smoothbore musket that was popular in the Western Balkans during the Ottoman rule. The name "Džeferdar"
Džeferdar
Soviet double-barreled shotgun
standard variant with 711mm barrels, smoothbore 12/70 mm shotgun with ejector, 3.2 kg TOZ-84-11 (ТОЗ-84-11) - smoothbore shotgun with 711mm barrels, 12/70 mm
TOZ-84
Main battle tank
contractor, manufacturer: BMC (replaced Otokar) Main smoothbore gun subcontractor: state owned MKEK Main smoothbore gun technology transfer: Hyundai WIA Rolled
Altay_(tank)
Type of firearm
The wall gun or wall piece was a type of smoothbore firearm used from 16th until 19th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops
Wall_gun
Firearm of the Ottoman Empire and Balkans
The Boyliya (Bulgarian: Бойлия) was a smoothbore musket produced in Bulgaria and used by its neighboring territories within the Ottoman Empire from the
Boyliya
Main battle tank
components only. The number 125 in the designation refers to the 125 mm A555 smoothbore tank gun. It is now designated P-125 (P stands for Prototype). By 1977
TR-125
Smoothbore tank gun
The MKE 120 MM 44C is a 120 mm smoothbore tank gun manufactured by the Turkish state-controlled defense company Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation
MKE_120_MM_44C
Gunboat of the United States Navy
upgraded as new pieces became available. Though the 8 in (200 mm) Dahlgren smoothbore cannons were fairly modern most of the other original armaments were antiquated;
USS_Pittsburgh_(1861)
Grooves in a weapon barrel for accuracy
verb) for creating such grooves. Firearms without rifling are called smoothbore. Rifling is measured by twist rate, the distance the rifling takes to
Rifling
Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
but performed less well under other conditions. The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Rodney class initially consisted of thirty-two 32-pounder
HMS_Rodney_(1833)
Handgun and rifle cartridge loaded with lead shot
effective patterns only to a distance of about 3 m (9.8 ft), but in a smoothbore shotgun (or garden gun) that can extend as far as 15 m (49 ft).[citation
Snake_shot
Chinese main battle tank prototype
hydromatic transmission system, hydropneumatic suspension and a 120mm smoothbore gun, as an effort to develop China's first indigenous second-generation
WZ-122_main_battle_tank
Rifle
muzzle was reamed to a depth of 1.5 in (38 mm), creating the illusion of a smoothbore when the user looked down the muzzle of the firearm. Overall length was
M1819_Hall_rifle
Early US ironclad warship type
with the 8 in (200 mm) or 11 in (280 mm) guns. Lehigh had her 11-inch smoothbore replaced with an 8-inch Parrott rifle. Passaic also had this modification
Passaic-class_monitor
British warship class
initially armed with a mix of rifled breech-loading and muzzle-loading smoothbore guns, but the Armstrong breech-loading guns proved unreliable and were
Defence-class_ironclad
South Korean defence company
1998 KM256 120 mm 44 caliber smoothbore gun used on board K1A1 (Licensed production) CN03 120 mm 44 caliber smoothbore gun used on board K1A2, developed
Hyundai_WIA
French musket
Charleville muskets had a smoothbore barrel. Rifles were more accurate than smoothbore muskets, but military commanders favored smoothbores on the battlefield
Charleville_musket
Rifled musket
the Crimean War. The M1856 rifle was designed to replace the outdated smoothbore muskets of the Imperial Russian Army. It was a rifled musket that was
M1856_six-line_rifle_musket
Disposable recoilless gun
The RPG-75 is a portable, disposable, single-shot, recoilless smoothbore anti-tank weapon developed in the 1970s in Czechoslovakia. It fires a 68mm grenade
RPG-75
Gun-Howitzer used during the American Civil War
Napoleon or Light 12-pounder gun or 12-pounder gun-howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery piece that was adopted by the United States Army
M1857_12-pounder_Napoleon
German-designed tank ammunition
German defense company Rheinmetall. Designed to be fired from 120 mm smoothbore tank guns, the round utilizes a high-strength tungsten penetrator to defeat
KE2020Neo
Main battle tank
air or ground targets. Prospective buyers can choose between two main smoothbore gun armament options: 125 mm KBM1 or 120 mm KBM2. Both of them, with use
T-55AGM
Rifle
Model or, perhaps more popularly, the Boy's Rifle. In September 1937, a smoothbore (Garden Gun) version intended for short-range varmint control was introduced
Winchester_Model_67
Main battle tank
M47M Patton. Iran stated that it possessed a brand new turret housing a smoothbore 105 mm cannon. Iran said it had a new fire control system, and new communication
Tiam_(tank)
SMOOTHBORE
SMOOTHBORE
SMOOTHBORE
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Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi
Moon's Love
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old French papillon ‘butterfly’ (Latin papilio), possibly applied as a nickname for a rash or inconstant person.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Son of Dharma
Boy/Male
Tamil
Fire
Male
English
Pet form of English Jacob, JEB means "supplanter."Â
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Prostrating to Allah
Boy/Male
Hungarian
Youthful.
Girl/Female
Anglo, British, Danish, English, German
From Wales
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, German, Muslim, Turkish
Field of Wild Roses
Boy/Male
Muslim
Witness, Evidence
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SMOOTHBORE
n.
A smoothbore firearm.
a.
Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled.
n.
A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.