3 pounder gun, 3 pounder, 3-pdr or QF 3-pdr is an abbreviation typically referring to a gun which fired a projectile weighing approximately 3 pounds. It may refer to :
- The Grasshopper cannon : of the 18th century
- QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss : Hotchkiss 47mm naval gun used by many countries from 1885
- Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers : British Vickers 47mm naval gun of World War I and World War II
- OQF 3 pounder gun : used to arm interwar Vickers Medium Tanks
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Famous quotes containing the word gun:
“Resorts advertised for waitresses, specifying that they “must appear in short clothes or no engagement.” Below a Gospel Guide column headed, “Where our Local Divines Will Hang Out Tomorrow,” was an account of spirited gun play at the Bon Ton. In Jeff Winney’s California Concert Hall, patrons “bucked the tiger” under the watchful eye of Kitty Crawhurst, popular “lady” gambler.”
—Administration in the State of Colo, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)