A type of short, light-weight cannon capable of firing a relatively heavy-caliber shot. Typically carried on the upper deck of a ship for short-range use. Named after Carron Ironworks, Scotland, where it was first made in the 1780s.

A short-barreled limited range gun developed in the 1770s by the Carron Company in Scotland. At short range they were enormously destructive to a ship's timbers. A real ship smasher.