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What does the "20 cwt" refer to? Gene Nygaard 22:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
What does "QF" signify? DuncanHill ( talk) 22:38, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
The article says "20 cwt referred to the weight of the barrel and breech, to differentiate it from other "3 inch" guns (1 cwt = 1 hundredweight = 112 lb, hence the barrel and breech together weighed 2250 lb" - but 20cwt, or 20x112 lb, is 2240 lb. DuncanHill ( talk) 22:41, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
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What does the "20 cwt" refer to? Gene Nygaard 22:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
What does "QF" signify? DuncanHill ( talk) 22:38, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
The article says "20 cwt referred to the weight of the barrel and breech, to differentiate it from other "3 inch" guns (1 cwt = 1 hundredweight = 112 lb, hence the barrel and breech together weighed 2250 lb" - but 20cwt, or 20x112 lb, is 2240 lb. DuncanHill ( talk) 22:41, 2 October 2019 (UTC)