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six-pounder (ˈsɪkspaʊndə(r)) [f. six a. + pounder n.4] 1. A cannon throwing shot six pounds in weight.1684 J. Peter Relat. Siege of Vienna 108 Six pounders, 2. 1748 Anson's Voy. ii. iv. 169 Four six pounders, four four pounders, and two swivels. 1790 Beatson Naval & Milit. Mem. II. 166 A light brass...
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QF 6-pounder 10 cwt gun
A remedy was offered in the form of the twin 6-pounder 10 cwt gun. 6pdr Naval and Coastal Gun by Tony DiGiulian
"Playhouses" Rip Invasion Craft With Twin Six-Pounder Gun March 1944 article
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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. They were originally assigned a crew of six, but this was later reduced to four.
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HMS Porcupine (1895)
Armament consisted of a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt gun and three 6-pounder guns, with two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes. tubes and all 5 six-pounder guns.
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Short S.81
It was first fitted with a 1½ pounder (37 mm) semi-automatic Vickers quick-firing gun in July 1914. It was fitted with a number of different guns for trials, testing a six-pounder (57 mm) Davis gun (an early recoilless gun) in 1915.
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HMS M25
In addition to her 9.2-inch gun she also possessed one 12 pounder and one six-pounder anti-aircraft gun.
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C64 (field gun)
Each unit comprised three batteries, each battery was equipped with six C64 guns, for a total of eighteen guns per unit. The foot artillery units had an equal mixture of C64 and the heavier C67 (six-pounder gun).
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HMS Falmouth (1708)
Officially rated at 50 guns, her armament consisted of 22 twelve-pounder guns on the lower gundeck and 22 six-pounder guns on the upper deck. The number of six-pounder guns on the quarterdeck was reduced to four, but the pair on the forecastle were retained.
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HMS Falmouth (1693)
while another had 22 twelve-pounder guns, 22 six-pounder guns and 6 minions in 1696. In 1703, her armament consisted of 22 twelve-pounder guns on the lower gundeck and 22 six-pounder guns on the upper deck.
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HMS Infernal (1757)
She was initially equipped with eight six-pounder cannons for ship defence, and twelve -pounder swivel guns to ward off boarding parties. The mortars were removed and replaced with an additional six six-pounder cannons, and additional quarters constructed for an enlarged crew totaling 110
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Female tank
The prototype, nicknamed "Mother", and the first production models of what would become referred to as the Mark I were designed to carry two six-pounder The designation "male" applied to those armed with six-pounder guns, whereas the "female" was the tank equipped only with machine guns.
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Duke of Clarence (ship)
Duke of Clarence was a clincher-built sloop launched at Portsmouth in 1797, of 70 tons (bm), and armed with four six-pounder and six 4-pounder guns. It showed her as armed with twenty-six 18 and 42-pounder cannon, and with a crew of 45 men.
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HMS Albury
Some ships were fitted with six- or three-pounder guns in lieu of the twelve-pounder. Albury was fitted with a single six-pounder gun in 1931, but by 1939 was listed as having an armament of 1 × 4 inch and 1 × 12-pounder gun.
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HMS Cordelia (1914)
For anti-aircraft defence, the ships were fitted with one QF six-pounder () Hotchkiss gun. Wartime modifications
In August 1915, her six-pounder anti-aircraft (AA) gun was replaced by an Ordnance QF three-pounder () Vickers Mk II AA gun.
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HMS Cornwall (1692)
On the quarterdeck were 16 six-pounder guns with 6 more on the forecastle. Above the quarterdeck, the poop deck carried 4 three-pounder guns. In 1703, Cornwalls armament was nominally revised to twenty-six 24-pounder guns on the lower gundeck and twenty-eight 12-pounder guns on the upper deck
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