Mr. Floppy74 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Who knows, why Russia always have this extra Milimeters in their caliber? I mean like 155mm, 122mm, 76mm. Do they want to say Size matters? :confused: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 The Russians' armament industry was based on the imperial system. So they had 152mm, which is 6 inch 76mm is three inches. Don't know what 122mm corresponds to off-hand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 4.8 inch. To be precise, it's 76.2, 152.4 and 121.92 millimeters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 They also divided inches into tenths and called them "lines". A 30 cal rifle was a "3 line rifle". The 122mm is indeed 4.8 inches, aka 48 lines. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denwad Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 lines and arshins were abolished during the communist revolution i believe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John D Salt Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Originally posted by Denwad: lines and arshins were abolished during the communist revolution i believe And three letters of the Cyrillic alphabet were shot, although one was partially rehabilitated. Looking for something else entirely, I just came across this: http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/ord.htm ...which includes a list of "Such ordnance as are usual in England" from 1639. Convert the given calibres and shot diameters into millimetres, and you'll see a lot of familiar calibres. None of the new-fangled Frenchified 75mm, 105mm and 155mm, though. I may start saying "Robinet", "Falconet" and "Minion" instead of 37mm, 57mm or 76mm. All the best, John. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisbech_lad Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 "a reinforced Bastard Double Culverin" Now - that's a good name for a cannon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Summers Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 More importantly, scroll down and check out the victualling allowance for members transported by ship...4 pts of beer a day!! And to think we have to go 90 days to get our two beers... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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