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light cannon

British  

noun

  1. a particularly powerful torch, spotlight, or searchlight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Crew totals eight; armament includes machine guns, light cannon, bombs, depth charges.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the normal progression in armament development would be from heavy machine guns to light cannon, with higher velocities and fire speeds than those now generally mounted in aircraft.-

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Fire-power of the break-through tanks was several heavy machine guns, plus light cannon.

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I, perforce, withdrew My forward posts of cavalry at dawn In face of their light cannon....

From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy

The fort was only protected by a palisade, and though it mounted a few light cannon, it was quite unable to withstand a bombardment.

From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur

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