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The 30-pounder short gun was a piece of artillery mounted on French warships of the Age of sail. They were the middle-sized component of the unified system standardised on the 30-pounder calibre replacing both the 24-pounders and 12-pounders in many usages.

length (km)
2.919
weight (kg)
2.487e+06
origin
France
type
Naval artillery
used in war
Invasion of Algiers in 1830, Battle of Veracruz (1838), Battle of the Tagus

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