6-pounder Gun

6-pounder gun or 6-pdr, usually denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 6 pounds.

Guns of this type include:

• QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss, a 57 mm naval gun of the 1880s
• QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss, a British 57 mm tank gun of 1917
• QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt, a 57 mm naval gun very similar to the Hotchkiss
• Ordnance QF 6 pounder, a 57 mm anti-tank and tank gun of World War II
• QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun, a British twin mount naval and coast defence gun 1937-1956.
• QF 6 pounder 6 cwt anti-aircraft gun, a British intermediate Anti-aircraft gun project cancelled in 1945.