Base site for animations of HMS Colossus, and how the great guns were loaded and protected. A separate site shows how anti-torpedo boat machine-guns worked, particularly Nordenfelt and Hotchkiss guns, as well as the Gatling, Gardner and Mitrailleuse multi-barreled machine-guns in the Victorian era 1862-1900

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