Long Tom is a generic name for some early age cannon and field guns, used both on land as at sea.

A 155 mm Long Tom
Profile view of the 155 mm Creusot Long Tom replica in the Long Tom Pass, Mpumalanga. Made in 1985 to commemorate the use of these cannon during the Second Boer War.
A 155 mm Creusot Long Tom replica at Fort Klapperkop outside Pretoria

More specifically it was used for:

Citations

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  1. ^ Hogg, pp. 77–79

Bibliography

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  • Hogg, Ian V. (1998). Allied Artillery of World War Two. Marlborough, UK: Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126-165-9.