| 词条 | 18-pounder short gun |
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|image=Canon 18 court modele 1824-IMG 9023.jpg |caption=1/4th Scale model of an 18-pounder short gun, model 1824. On display at the Musée national de la Marine, Paris. |name=18-pounder short gun |type=Naval gun |origin=France |era=17th century to mid-19th century |target=Sea, land |date= |prod_date= |service= |used_by=France, Spain, Great Britain, Netherlands, Sweden, United States |wars= |caliber=138.7 mm[1] |part_length= |cartridge= |ammo_wt=8.8 kg |velocity= |range= |rate= |crew= |breech= |recoil= |carriage= |elevation= |traverse= |designer= |design_date= |manufacturer= |production_date= |number= |variants= |}} The 18-pounder short gun was an intermediary calibre piece of artillery mounted on warships and merchantmen of the Age of sail. It was a lighter version of the 18-pounder long gun, compromising power and range for weight. In his discussion of the single-ship action in which the French frigate Piémontaise captured the East Indiaman Warren Hastings on 11 June 1805, the naval historian William James compared the 18-pounder medium guns on Warren Hastings with the 18-pounder long guns that the British Royal Navy used. The medium 18-pounder was {{convert|6|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} long, and weighed 26{{small|{{frac|3|4}}}} Cwt ({{convert|2996|lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}); the Royal Navy's long 18-pounder was {{convert|9|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} and weighed 42{{small|{{frac|1|2}}}} Cwt ({{convert|4760 |lb|kg|1|abbr=on}}).[2] Citations and references
1. ^French naval regulation, 1786 2. ^James (1837), Vol. 4, pp.239-44.
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