Long Tom (cannon)
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Long Tom is a generic name for some early age cannon and field guns, used both on land as at sea.
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More specifically it was used for:
- 155 mm Long Tom, a U.S. World War II era field gun[1]
- 155 mm Creusot Long Tom, a Boer War field gun
- 64-pounder Long Tom, a U.S. Civil War cannon
- 42-pounder Long Tom, as found on the General Armstrong (1812)
- 24-or 32-pound "Long Tom" cannon, as found on the American USS Hamilton (1809) or Spanish Guerrero
- 18-pound Long Tom, as found on the American privateer Decatur
Citations[edit]
- ^ Hogg, pp. 77–79
Bibliography[edit]
- Hogg, Ian V. (1998). Allied Artillery of World War Two. Marlborough, UK: Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-165-9.