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In firearms,
conservation of angular momentum
, improving its aerodynamic stability and accuracy over smoothbore designs.
This picture, taken in 2016, shows the conventional rifling of an Austro-Hungarian 90 mm (3.5 in) M75 cannon, manufactured in 1891, on display at Ljubljana Castle in Slovenia.Photograph credit: Petar Milošević