A 32-pounder is a gun firing a shot of 32 pounds weight, a mass of .
Examples include:
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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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32-pounder gun
The 32-pounder guns (and the French 30-pounders) were sets of heavy-caliber pieces of naval artillery in the Age of Sail, artillery mounted on warships in the last century of the Age of sail, during the 18th and early 19th centuries. It was usual ...
– a smooth-bore muzzle-loading gun firing bullets of 32 pounds, c. 1500 – c. 1880
*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 ...
of the mid-19th century
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SBBL 32-pounder
The SBBL 32-pounder was a British smooth-bore breech loading gun made by converting older 32-pounder 42 cwt smooth-bore muzzle-loading guns.
Design and role
The guns chosen for conversion were Monk Pattern guns of 42 cwt, a lighter and short ...
a breech-loading gun converted from older 42 cwt muzzle-loading 32-pounders, late 19th century
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Ordnance QF 32-pounder
The Ordnance QF 32 pounder or (32-pdr) was a British 94 mm gun, initially developed as a replacement for the Ordnance QF 17-pdr anti-tank gun.
The only use of the 32-pounder was as the armament for the pilot vehicles of the Tortoise heavy a ...
of the Second World War
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