12-pounder gun or 12-pdr, usually denoting a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 12 pounds, may refer to:

  • A cannon sized for a 12 pound ball, see Naval artillery in the Age of Sail
  • RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong field gun of 1859
  • one of the Dahlgren guns of the American Civil War
  • Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt Field gun, 1885 – 1892
  • Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt Naval landing gun, late 1800s & early 1900s
  • Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt Light field gun, 1894 – 1916
  • QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun “Long 12″ 1890s – 1940s
  • QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun World War I
  • QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun 1890s – 1920s
  • Erroneously, the QF 3 inch 20 cwt gun

References

  1. ^ http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_3-45_mk1.htm British 12-pdr


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