Pre 1914, Western Australia, Perth, Kings Park Bottle Guns
1870 - 1914Subcollections
Overview
Part of a series of images relating to “Kings Park Bottle Guns"
Historical information
The Kings Park guns, familiarly known as “bottle guns”, bore the official designation of RML (Rifled Muzzle Loading), 7 inch (calibre) 6.5 ton, Mk 1 guns. They fired a 50.8 kg shell to a range of about 3650 metres.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-32-54-266
Item type
Weapons
Contextual information
Original images are in the Collection of the Royal Australian Artillery Historical Society of Western Australia
Year
Last modified
Monday, 29 June, 2026
Completeness
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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