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Uncommon card · History
M1841 6-pounder field gun, an Uncommon card
The M1841 6-pounder field gun was a bronze smoothbore muzzleloading cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1841 and used from the Mexican–American War to the American Civil War.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 69
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It fired a 6.1 lb round shot up to a distance of 1,523 yd at 5° elevation.
- It could also fire canister shot and spherical case shot.
- The cannon proved very effective when employed by light artillery units during the Mexican–American War.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The M1841 6-pounder field gun article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 69: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get M1841 6-pounder field gun
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, M1841 6-pounder field gun (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
