Forgotten Weapons on MSN

Quick-Firing Gun That Changed Naval Artillery

I take you through the Royal Navy’s Hotchkiss Model 1886 "Quick Fire" 47mm - a breech-loaded gun using self-contained cartridges that the Navy adopted to counter fast torpedo boats with rapid fire ...
National Security Journal on MSN

‘Cracked Barrels’: The U.S. Navy’s Big Railgun Failure Explained in Just 2 Sad Word

Key Points and Summary – The Navy railgun advanced fast—and then vanished. The reasons were practical: barrels cracked from ...