18-pounder short gun

18-pounder short gun
1/4th Scale model of an 18-pounder short gun, model 1824. On display at the Musée national de la Marine, Paris.
Type	naval gun
Place of origin	France
Service history
Used by	France, Spain, Great Britain, Netherlands, Sweden, USA
Specifications
Barrel length	)

Calibre	138.7 mm^[1]

The 18-pounder short gun was an intermediary calibre piece of artillery mounted on warships of the Age of sail. It was a lighter version of the 18-pounder long gun, compromising power and range for weight.

References

↑ French naval regulation, 1786

External links

(French) Jean Boudriot et Hubert Berti, L'Artillerie de mer : marine française 1650-1850, Paris, éditions Ancre, 1992 (ISBN 2-903179-12-3) (notice BNF no FRBNF355550752).
(French) Jean Peter, L'artillerie et les fonderies de la marine sous Louis XIV, Paris, Economica, 1995, 213 p. (ISBN 2-7178-2885-0).

French naval artillery of 1786 — next »

Long guns	36-pounder 24-pounder 18-pounder 12-pounder 8-pounder 6-pounder 4-pounder

Short guns	24-pounder 18-pounder 12-pounder 8-pounder 6-pounder 4-pounder

Howitzers and Carronades	Obusier de vaisseau 36-pounder carronade 24-pounder carronade 18-pounder carronade 12-pounder carronade

« previous — French naval artillery of 1840

New guns	Long 30-pounder Short 30-pounder Short 24-pounder Short 18-pounder Short 12-pounder

Old guns of the 1786 system fitted with flintlock primers	36-pounder 24-pounder 18-pounder 12-pounder 8-pounder

Carronades and mortars	36-pounder Carronade 30-pounder Carronade 24-pounder Carronade 18-pounder Carronade 12-pounder Carronade 32 cm naval mortar

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