Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt

The Ordnance QF 12-pounder 8 cwt was a Royal Navy "landing gun" intended for navy use ashore. "8 cwt" refers to the weight of the gun and breech, approximately 8 cwt = 8 x 112 lb (51 kg) = 896 lb (406 kg). This was how the British often differentiated between guns of the same calibre or weight of shell. This gun had a short barrel and was of relatively low power compared to the 12 pounders of 12 and 18 long cwt, although it fired the same shells.

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1890  Wikimedia, Wikidata
field gun, British Army, 

7.7 cm FK 16, 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A., field gun, 

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1890 Ordnance QF 12 pounder 8 cwt

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Second Boer War

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Frameless

3inchCaseShotMkVDiagram (cropped)

HMS Tribune field gun crew at Halifax Nova Scotia circa 1901 LAC 3332899

12pdrCommonLydditeMkIVShellDiagram

12pounder8cwtBreech

3inchCaseShotMkVDiagram

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No65AMkILFuze

QF 12-pounder Mk V BL or QF shrapnel shell diagram 1905

QF12&14pdrCPMkIIShellDiagram

QF12pdrLydditeShellMkIIMkIII

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		3inchCaseShotMkVDiagram (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Tribune field gun crew at Halifax Nova Scotia circa 1901 LAC 3332899		Commons
commons	image		12pdrCommonLydditeMkIVShellDiagram		Commons
commons	image		12pounder8cwtBreech		Commons
commons	image		3inchCaseShotMkVDiagram		Commons
commons	image		No63FuzeMkIC		Commons
commons	image		No65AMkILFuze		Commons
commons	image		QF 12-pounder Mk V BL or QF shrapnel shell diagram 1905		Commons
commons	image		QF12&14pdrCPMkIIShellDiagram		Commons
commons	image		QF12pdrLydditeShellMkIIMkIII		Commons