Royal Armouries Museums
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Royal Armouries at Leeds
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Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson
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Royal Armouries at Tower of London
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Royal Armouries at Louisville, Kentucky
Scary Horned Helmet
Royal Armouries: More than just a museum
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The last cast-iron British smoothbore cannon, the 68 pounder, was 8 inches (203 mm), the same calibre as the heaviest guns of King Henry VIII three hundred years earlier. Their performance was probably not very different either!