I never once said that I believed the 80cm German Dora cannon would qualify as a rifle in anyone's mind. What I did say is that under Wikipedia's loose guidelines it would qualify. Therefore I was showing that using a Wikipedia definition is not always the upper hand.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A rifle is any long gun which has a rifled barrel. A rifled barrel incorporates two or more helical grooves in its bore which impart a spin upon the projectile (usually a bullet) as it travels down the barrel. The angular momentum thereby imparted to the projectile partially insulates it from certain aerodynamic forces which would otherwise cause it to deviate more substantially from a straight path. The consequent gyroscopic stability allows for much greater accuracy, and therefore, effective range, than would otherwise be attainable through the use of a non-rifled barrel, such as that in a musket or shotgun.
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Is there anything that says that a Rifle must be hand held? Or even under 500 tons?