12-pounder gun
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12-pounder gun or 12-pdr, usually denoting a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds, may refer to:
- A cannon sized for a 12 pound ball, see Naval artillery in the Age of Sail
- RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong field gun of 1859
- one of the Dahlgren guns of the American Civil War
- Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt Field gun, 1885 - 1892
- Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt Naval landing gun, late 1800s & early 1900s
- Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt Light field gun, 1894 - 1916
- QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun "Long 12" 1890s - 1940s
- QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun World War I
- QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun 1890s - 1920s
- Erroneously, the QF 3 inch 20 cwt gun[1]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_3-45_mk1.htm British 12-pdr [3"/45 (76.2 cm)] 20cwt QF HA Marks I, II, III and IV]
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