6-pounder gun
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6-pounder gun or 6-pdr, usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 6 pounds.
Guns of this type include:
- QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss, a 57 mm naval gun of the 1880s
- QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss, a British 57 mm tank gun of 1917
- QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt, a 57 mm naval gun very similar to the Hotchkiss
- Ordnance QF 6 pounder, a 57 mm anti-tank and tank gun of World War II
- QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun, a British twin mount naval and coast defence gun 1937-1956.
- QF 6 pounder 6 cwt anti-aircraft gun, a British intermediate Anti-aircraft gun project cancelled in 1945.
See also
- Category:57 mm artillery
- Naval artillery in the Age of Sail
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