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 naval muzzle-loader of the Age of Sail
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Canon de 12 de Vallière, French cannon of 1732
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Canon de 12 Gribeauval, French field cannon of the mid-late 18th century
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Canon lourd de 12 Gribeauval, French heavy cannon of the mid-late 18th century
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Canon obusier de 12, French 12-pounder cannon-howitzer of 1853. Known in the US as "12 pounder Napoleon"
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M1841 12-pounder howitzer, American howitzer having the same
caliber
In guns, particularly firearms, but not #As a measurement of length, artillery, where a different definition may apply, caliber (or calibre; sometimes abbreviated as "cal") is the specified nominal internal diameter of the gun barrel Gauge ( ...
(4.62 inches) as a 12-pounder field gun
*One of the
Dahlgren guns of the American Civil War
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Ordnance BL 12 pounder 7 cwt, British
field gun
A field gun is a field artillery piece. Originally the term referred to smaller guns that could accompany a field army on the march, that when in combat could be moved about the battlefield in response to changing circumstances (field artillery ...
, 1885–1892
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Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt, British naval landing gun, late 19th century and early 20th century
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Ordnance BL 12 pounder 6 cwt, British light field gun, 1894–1916
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QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (Quick-Firing) (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. 2-cwt. was a common, versatile caliber, calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. , British "Long 12" of 1890s–1940s
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QF 12 pounder 12 cwt AA gun, British AA gun of World War I
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QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun, British naval gun of 1904–1920s
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RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt Armstrong gun, British field gun of 1859
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Twelve-pound cannon, cannon sized for a 12-pound ball, see
Naval artillery in the Age of Sail
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12-pounder Whitworth rifle, British rifled
breechloader
A breechloader is a firearm in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech end of the barrel (i.e., from the rearward, open end of the gun's barrel), as opposed to a muzzleloader, in which the user loads the ammunition from the ( muzz ...
field gun of 1860s
*Erroneously, the
QF 3 inch 20 cwt gun
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