12-pounder gun

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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