24 pounder

A 24-pounder is a gun firing a shot of 24 pounds weight, a mass of 11 kg.

Examples include:

24-pounder long gun, including various designs of artillery used during the Age of Sail
M1841 24-pounder howitzer, used by the United States Army from 1841 to 1865
A size of Dahlgren gun used during the American Civil War

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