A = Chilled. B = Common. C = Penetration. SWEDISH ORDNANCE ---------------+---------+-----------+---------------+-----+--------- NAME, NATURE, | Powder | Initial | Working | | Remarks. AND | Charge.| Velocity. | Effect. | | CLASSIFICATION.+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-------+ | | A | B | A | B | A | B | C | ---------------+----+----+-----+-----+-------+-------+-----+--------- |Lbs.|Lbs.|Feet.|Feet.|Ft Tons|Ft Tons|In. | Rifled Breech-loaders, cast-iron with steel hoops. 27 cm. |98 |66 |1,364| | 6,153 | |12 | 24 ” |59.4|37.4|1,322|1,476| 3,763 | 3,333 |10 |Finspong 16 ” |23.3|17.6|1,377|1,591| 1,414 | 1,347 |7.36|Rifles. ---------------+----+----+-----+-----+-------+--------+----+--------- Cast-iron Muzzle-loader, Rifle. 12 ” | 6.5| 4.4| |1,456| | 509 | | Cast-iron Smooth-bores. 15 in. |50.1|35 |1,213| | | | | 9 ” |24.8|17.6| | | | | | ---------------+----+----+-----+-----+-------+--------+----+--------- NORWEGIAN ORDNANCE ---------------+----+----+-----+-----+-------+--------+----+--------- Armstrong Muzzle-loaders. 27 cm. |66 |38.5|1,302|1,148| 4,541 | 3,156 |10.5| 27 ” |71.5|38.5|1,371|1,148| 5,032 | 3,156 |11 | 27 ” | | | | | | | | 20 ” |29.7|19.8|1,364|1,148| 1,938 | 1,360 | 7.9| Palliser Muzzle-loaders. 16 ” |22 |11 | |1,138| | 742 | 7.1| 15 ” | | 7.1| |1,115| | 404 | | Krupp Breech-loaders. 26 ” |99 |81.4|1,584|1,584| 7,933 | 6,644 |14 | 15 ” |18.7|18.7|1,590|1,640| 1,528 | | 8 | ---------------+----+----+-----+-----+-------+--------+----+--------- The Norwegian ordnance is both smooth-bore and rifled, the smooth-bore guns being of the Rodman (see page 283) and the rifles of the Krupp style. The Swedes manufacture their own breech-loaders, having chosen for their standard the French type of cast-iron body reinforced by steel hoops. These guns, known as the Finspong breech-loaders, have proved very satisfactory, the Swedish cast-iron being second only to American in excellence. The breech-blocks and steel hoops for these guns are all made in France. Two types of machine-guns, which have found general favor in Europe, are of Swedish invention. _The Nordenfeldt Machine-Gun._