A 24-pounder is a gun firing a shot of 24 pounds weight, a mass of .
Examples include:
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24-pounder long gun
The 24-pounder long gun was a heavy calibre piece of artillery mounted on warships of the Age of Sail. 24-pounders were in service in the navies of France, Spain, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States. They were comparabl ...
, including various designs of artillery used during the Age of Sail
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M1841 24-pounder howitzer
The M1841 24-pounder howitzer was a bronze smoothbore muzzle-loading artillery piece adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and employed from the Mexican–American War through the American Civil War. It fired a shell to a distance of at 5° ...
, used by the United States Army from 1841 to 1865
*A size of
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 ...
used during the American Civil War
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