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    The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6 mm), was a piece of field artillery used by British...
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    The Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short was an Australian variant of the British Ordnance QF 25-pounder field gun/howitzer. The gun was developed by modifying...
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    The Ordnance QF 18-pounder, or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era. It formed the backbone of the...
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    calibre, Ordnance QF 20 pounder, and in the anti-tank role by the BAT, MOBAT and 120 mm L6 WOMBAT series of recoilless rifles. The 17-pounder outperformed...
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    The Ordnance QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing"), or simply "2 pounder gun", was a 40 mm (1.575 in) British anti-tank gun and vehicle-mounted gun...
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    The Ordnance QF 32 pounder or (32-pdr) was a British 94 mm gun, initially developed as a replacement for the Ordnance QF 17-pdr anti-tank gun. The only...
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    The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, or just 6-pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, serving during the Second World War as a primary anti-tank gun of...
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    British Army a mobile artillery gun using their 87.6 mm (3.45 in) Ordnance QF 25-pounder gun-howitzer for commonality with towed guns. The Sexton could fire...
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  • for how Ordnance QF 25-pounder charges varied in World War II. The case, usually brass, holding the propellant charge. Used with small arms and QF artillery...
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    QF 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun barrel, the breech mechanism of the Ordnance QF 25 pounder field gun/howitzer and the recoil mechanism of the Ordnance QF...
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    The Ordnance QF 3-pounder Vickers (47 mm / L50) was a British artillery piece first tested in Britain in 1903. It was used on Royal Navy warships. It...
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    The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light 57 mm naval guns introduced in 1885 to defend...
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  • means not QF, i.e. separate cordite bags rather than a cartridge case. ML is short for "Muzzle Loading". PR is short for "Pounder", e.g. 20 Pounder can be...
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  • mortar Ordnance SBML 2-inch mortar Ordnance ML 3 inch Mortar Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar Ordnance QF 15-pounder Mk I Ordnance QF 13-pounder Ordnance QF 18-pounder...
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    alongside the Bishop, a self-propelled gun based on the 87.6 mm calibre Ordnance QF 25-pounder gun-howitzer. The British Commonwealth armies had logistical problems...
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  • the Sri Lankan Army, introduced in the early 1990s to replace the Ordnance QF 25 pounder field gun. It has seen action in the Sri Lankan civil war. Sino-Vietnamese...
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  • end of war). Ordnance QF 2-pounder - 40 mm weapon used at start of the war Ordnance QF 6-pounder - 57 mm weapon that replaced 2-pounder in artillery units...
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    the original models make when firing. This QF 2-pounder was not the same gun as the Ordnance QF 2-pounder, used by the British Army as an anti-tank gun...
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    self-propelled guns with ecclesiastical titles. A 1941 design with the Ordnance QF 25-pounder was nicknamed "the Bishop", as its appearance was said to resemble...
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    of the Sri Lankan Civil War, SLA grew in size and added British Ordnance QF 25 pounder Mark III field guns to its inventory. These were used in major military...
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  • destroyer M40 Gun Motor Carriage M44 Self Propelled Howitzer M7 Priest Ordnance QF 25 pounder 76.2mm Gun 57mm AT Gun 100 mm air defense gun KS-19 122 mm gun M1931/37...
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    rifled design by the Royal Ordnance Factories, intended for use in armoured fighting vehicles, replacing the older QF 20-pounder (84 mm) gun mounted on the...
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  • camera Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1, a digital camera made by Panasonic Ordnance QF 25 pounder (South African Army designation: G1) G-1 (submarine), a class of...
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    The QF principle had proved successful with the much smaller QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss and Nordenfelt QF 3 and 6 pounders from 1885 onwards. The first QF gun...
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  • the 13-pounder) Ordnance QF 17 pounder World War II anti-tank & tank gun Ordnance QF 18 pounder World War I field gun Ordnance QF 25 pounder World War...
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    The Ordnance BL 60-pounder was a British 5 inch (127 mm) heavy field gun designed in 1903–05 to provide a new capability that had been partially met by...
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  • Saw use into 1950s in its mountain and airborne artillery role Ordnance QF 25-pounder – Still saw active use till 1960s when they were relegated to non-combat...
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  • Country of origin Period 87.6 Ordnance QF 25-pounder gun-howitzer  United Kingdom World War II, Modern 87.6 Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short Mark 1 gun-howitzer...
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  • (for instance the Soviet ML-20 152 mm M1937 and British (88 mm) Ordnance QF 25-pounder) and the Axis (German 10.5 cm leFH 18, classified just as howitzer)...
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  • Ramgarhia Bunga, the water tank, and other fortified positions with Ordnance QF 25-pounder artillery. After destroying the outer defences laid by Shabeg Singh...
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