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Description
Type: Heavy Naval Gun-Howitzer
Designed: 1852
Produced 1852 - 1860
Used: 1852 - 1873
Number Built (TBD)
Construction: Cast
Crew: 6 - 13
Weight: 3,425 kg
Barrel Length: 2.3 m (bore)
Shell: 29 kg Explosive Shell
31 kg Canister
30 kg Solid Shot
Caliber: 163 mm
Muzzle Velocity: 292 m/s
Maximum Effective Range: 3.4 km

Designed in the early 1850's to equip Pteroslavia's newest steam powered naval vessels, the KLH wz.52 was used as both a naval gun, due to its large explosive charge and relative accuracy, and as a fortress gun along Pteroslavia's coastline for the same reasons. It was quickly fitted to the earlier wooden wz.48/S central pivot mounts, as well as the all-metal wz.48-63/S modernized pivot mounts. The gun was used on many of Pteroslavia's vessels of the time, beginning with the Fortuna-class Screw Corvette of 1854. It was well liked by the crew who served it as being accurate and reliable, although the recoil of the gun was more than most expected. Of the 21 years the gun was in service, only 3 major incidents were reported by crews in which the gun burst or misfired.

(Edit: I realized that the gun I was going for here wouldn't work as rifled, since soemthing like the La Hitte system was not yet widespread. I looked back into the gun-howitzers of the day, and took a note from them.)

Description
Type: Heavy Naval Gun-Howitzer
Designed: 1852
Produced 1852 - 1860
Used: 1852 - 1873
Number Built (TBD)
Construction: Cast
Crew: 6 - 13
Weight: 3,425 kg
Barrel Length: 2.3 m (bore)
Shell: 29 kg Explosive Shell
31 kg Canister
30 kg Solid Shot
Caliber: 163 mm
Muzzle Velocity: 292 m/s
Maximum Effective Range: 3.4 km

Designed in the early 1850's to equip Pteroslavia's newest steam powered naval vessels, the KLH wz.52 was used as both a naval gun, due to its large explosive charge and relative accuracy, and as a fortress gun along Pteroslavia's coastline for the same reasons. It was quickly fitted to the earlier wooden wz.48/S central pivot mounts, as well as the all-metal wz.48-63/S modernized pivot mounts. The gun was used on many of Pteroslavia's vessels of the time, beginning with the Fortuna-class Screw Corvette of 1854. It was well liked by the crew who served it as being accurate and reliable, although the recoil of the gun was more than most expected. Of the 21 years the gun was in service, only 3 major incidents were reported by crews in which the gun burst or misfired.

(Edit: I realized that the gun I was going for here wouldn't work as rifled, since soemthing like the La Hitte system was not yet widespread. I looked back into the gun-howitzers of the day, and took a note from them.)