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120 pounder Whitworth naval gun

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Type
  
Naval gun

In service
  
1865–

Place of origin
  
United Kingdom

Used by
  
Brazil

Designer
  

The 120-pounder Whitworth naval gun was designed by Joseph Whitworth during the 1860s. It was a rifled muzzle loader and used his hexagonal rifled bore design.

Service

A number of 120-pounders were bought by the Brazilian Navy and used to arm some of its ironclads during the Paraguayan War in the late 1860s.

References

120-pounder Whitworth naval gun Wikipedia


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