Long Tom is a generic name for some early age cannon and field guns, used both on land as at sea. 155 mm Long Tom 2

More specifically it was used for: *

155 mm Long Tom The 155 mm gun M1 was a 155 millimeter caliber field gun developed and used by the United States military. Nicknamed "Long Tom" (an appellation with a long and storied history in U.S. field and naval artillery), it was produced in M1 and M ...

, a U.S. World War II era field gun *

155 mm Creusot Long Tom The 155 mm Creusot ''Long Tom'' was a French siege gun (artillery piece) manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot, France and used by the Boers in the Second Boer War as field guns. Four guns, along with 4,000 common shells, 4,000 shra ...

, a Boer War field gun * 64-pounder Long Tom, a U.S. Civil War cannon * 42-pounder Long Tom, as found on the '' General Armstrong'' (1812) * 24-or 32-pound "Long Tom" cannon, as found on the American or Spanish ''

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'' * 18-pound Long Tom, as found on the American privateer ''Decatur'' * Long Tom is the name of the cannon on the ''Jolly Roger'', Captain Hook's ship, in

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(novel, 1911)

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*{{cite book , last1=Hogg , first1=Ian V., title=Allied Artillery of World War Two , date=1998 , publisher=Crowood Press , location=Marlborough, UK , isbn=1-86126-165-9 Field artillery