RML 7-pounder mountain gun

Ordnance RML 7-pounder Mk IV mountain gun
No. 4 (Hazara) Mountain Battery with RML 7-pounder circa. 1895
TypeMountain gun
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Service history
In service1873–1919
Used by British Empire
 India
WarsAnglo-Zulu War
First Boer War
Second Boer War
Anglo-Aro War
Specifications
Mass200 lb (91 kg) barrel
Barrel length3 ft (0.91 m)

Shell7 lb 11 oz (3.5 kg) (shrapnel)
7 lb 4 oz (3.3 kg) (common)
12 lb 4 oz (5.6 kg) (double)
Calibre3 in (76 mm)
Traversenil
Muzzle velocity968 ft/s (295 m/s)
Maximum firing range3,000 yd (2,700 m)

The Ordnance RML 7-pounder Mk IV "Steel Gun" was a British rifled muzzle-loading mountain gun. 7-pounder referred to the approximate weight of the shell it fired.