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12-pounder gun or 12-pdr , usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds.
Guns of this type include:
12-pounder long gun , the naval muzzle-loader of the Age of Sail
Canon de 12 de Vallière , French cannon of 1732
Canon de 12 Gribeauval , French field cannon of the mid-late 18th century
Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval , French heavy cannon of the mid-late 18th century
Canon obusier de 12 , French 12-pounder cannon-howitzer of 1853. Known in the US as "12 pounder Napoleon"
M1841 12-pounder howitzer , American howitzer having the same caliber (4.62 inches) as a 12-pounder field gun
One of the
Dahlgren guns of the American Civil War
Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt , British field gun, 1885–1892
Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt , British naval landing gun, late 19th century and early 20th century
Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt , British light field gun, 1894–1916
QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun , British "Long 12" of 1890s–1940s
QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun , British AA gun of World War I
QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun , British naval gun of 1904–1920s
RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong gun , British field gun of 1859
Twelve-pound cannon , cannon sized for a 12-pound ball, see
Naval artillery in the Age of Sail
12-pounder Whitworth rifle , British rifled breechloader field gun of 1860s
Erroneously, the
QF 3 inch 20 cwt gun