M1841 6-pounder field gun
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m1841-6-pounder-field-gun-245-16165409
title:
M1841 6-pounder field gun
text:
The M1841 6-pounder field gun was a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and used from the Mexican–American War to the American Civil War. It fired a 6.1 lb (2.8 kg) round shot up to a distance of 1,523 yd (1,393 m) at 5° elevation. It could also fire canister shot and spherical case shot (shrapnel). The cannon proved very effective when employed by light artillery units during the Mexican–American War. The cannon was used during the early ye
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Smoothbore cannon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1841_6-pounder_field_gun
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2024-01-13T23:35:13Z
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