12-pounder gun or 12-pdr, usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds.
Guns of this type include:
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12-pounder long gun
The 12-pounder long gun was an intermediary calibre piece of artillery mounted on warships of the Age of sail. They were used as main guns on the most typical frigates of the early 18th century, on the second deck of fourth-rate ships of the line, ...
, the naval muzzle-loader of the Age of Sail
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Canon de 12 de Vallière
The Canon de 12 de Vallière was a type of cannon designed by French officer Florent-Jean de Vallière (1667–1759), Director-General of the Battalions and Schools of the Artillery.
Development
The cannon was a result of the Royal Ordonnance of O ...
, French cannon of 1732
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Canon de 12 Gribeauval
The Canon de 12 Gribeauval or 12-pounder was a French cannon and part of the system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. There were 1.079 English pounds in the Old French pound (french: livre), making the weight of shot nearly 13 Engl ...
, French field cannon of the mid-late 18th century
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Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval
The Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval (Gribeauval heavy 12-pounder cannon) was a French cannon and part of the Gribeauval system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. It was part of the siege artillery.
The canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval wa ...
, French heavy cannon of the mid-late 18th century
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Canon obusier de 12
The Canon obusier de 12 (officially the "Canon obusier de campagne de 12 livres, modèle 1853"), also known as the "Canon de l’Empereur" ("emperor's cannon"), was a type of canon-obusier (literally "shell-gun cannon", "gun-howitzer") developed ...
, French 12-pounder cannon-howitzer of 1853. Known in the US as "12 pounder Napoleon"
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M1841 12-pounder howitzer
The M1841 12-pounder howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery piece that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and employed during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. It fired a shell up to a distance ...
, American howitzer having the same caliber (4.62 inches) as a 12-pounder field gun
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Dahlgren gun
Dahlgren guns were muzzle-loading naval artillery designed by Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren USN (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870), mostly used in the period of the American Civil War. Dahlgren's design philosophy evolved from an accidental ...
s of the American Civil War
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Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt, British field gun, 1885–1892
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Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt
The Ordnance QF 12-pounder 8 cwt was a Royal Navy "landing gun" intended for navy use ashore. "8 cwt" refers to the weight of the gun and breech, approximately 8 cwt = 8 x = . This was how the British often differentiated between guns of the sam ...
, British naval landing gun, late 19th century and early 20th century
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Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt
The Ordnance BL 12-pounder 6 cwtBritish military traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately . "6 cwt" referred to the weight of the gun and barrel to differentiate it from other "12 ...
, British light field gun, 1894–1916
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, British "Long 12" of 1890s–1940s
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QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun QF may stand for:
* Qantas, an airline of Australia (IATA code QF)
* Qatar Foundation, a private, chartered, non-profit organization in the state of Qatar
* Quality factor, in physics and engineering, a measure of the "quality" of a resonant syste ...
, British AA gun of World War I
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QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun
The QF 12 pounder 18 cwt gun was a 3-inch high-velocity naval gun used to equip larger British warships such as battleships for defence against torpedo boats. 18 cwt referred to the weight of gun and breech (18 × 112 lb = 2,016 lb or 9 ...
, British naval gun of 1904–1920s
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RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong gun
The Armstrong Breech Loading 12 pounder 8 cwt, later known as RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt, was an early modern 3-inch rifled breech-loading field gun of 1859.
Design
The gun incorporated some advanced features for its day. It was one of the first ...
, British field gun of 1859
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Twelve-pound cannon
The twelve-pound cannon is a cannon that fires twelve-pound projectiles from its barrel, as well as grapeshot, chain shot, shrapnel, and later shells and canister shot. It was first used during the Tudor period and was commonly used during the ...
, cannon sized for a 12-pound ball, see
Naval artillery in the Age of Sail
Naval artillery in the Age of Sail encompasses the period of roughly 1571–1862: when large, sail-powered wooden naval warships dominated the high seas, mounting a large variety of types and sizes of cannon as their main armament. By modern s ...
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12-pounder Whitworth rifle, British rifled breechloader field gun of 1860s
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QF 3 inch 20 cwt
The QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun became the standard anti-aircraft gun used in the home defence of the United Kingdom against German airships and bombers and on the Western Front in World War I. It was also common on British warships ...
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