January 1943. The 6-pounder was followed into production by the next generation British anti-tank gun, the Ordnance QF 17-pounder, which came into use...
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Ordnance QF 75 mm, abbreviated to OQF 75 mm, was a British tank gun of the Second World War. It was obtained by boring out the Ordnance QF 6-pounder ("6...
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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 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss Mk I and Mk II was a shortened version of the original QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss naval gun, and was developed specifically...
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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 20 pounder (known as 20 pounder, 20 pdr or simply 20-pr) was a British 84 mm (3.307 inch) tank gun. It was introduced in 1948 and used...
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recoilless rifle. As a tank gun, it was succeeded by the 84 mm 20 pounder. Before the QF 6-pounder had entered service, the British predicted that it would soon...
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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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very similar to the Hotchkiss Ordnance QF 6-pounder, a British 57 mm anti-tank and tank gun of World War II QF 6 pounder 10 cwt gun, a British twin mount...
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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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was considerably lighter. The UK adopted a 42-calibre version as Ordnance QF 6-pounder Nordenfelt Mk I, Mk II, Mk III. They were originally mounted from...
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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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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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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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I and IIs was a 40 mm Ordnance QF 2-pounder gun; the following Crusader Mark III was fitted with a 57 mm Ordnance QF 6-pounder gun at the expense of one...
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The Ordnance QF 13-pounder (quick-firing) field gun was the standard equipment of the British and Canadian Royal Horse Artillery at the outbreak of World...
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The Ordnance QF 15-pounder gun, commonly referred to as the Ehrhardt, was a modern German field gun purchased by Britain in 1900 as a stopgap measure to...
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World War. The K5 was used with open body and cab for carrying the Ordnance QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun portee in the North African Campaign or with an enclosed...
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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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Medium Gun BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer Ordnance QF 2-pounder Mk IX/X Ordnance QF 6-pounder Mk II Ordnance QF 17-pounder Boys anti-tank...
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fitted with Ordnance QF 95 mm howitzer; 30 percent with a high velocity weapon: either 6-pounder or under the A30 development the 76mm 17-pounder; 60 percent...
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(officially 17 pounder, Self-Propelled, Achilles) is a British variant of the American M10 tank destroyer armed with the British Ordnance QF 17-pounder high-velocity...
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The Ordnance QF 3 pounder 2 cwt gun was a 47 mm British tank gun based on the Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers naval gun, mounted on Vickers-built tanks...
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design incorporated a 57 mm gun M1, a US production of the British Ordnance QF 6 pounder, mounted on an M3 half-track. A total of 962 vehicles were produced...
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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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The British QF (quick-firing) 6-pounder 10 cwt gun was a 57 mm twin-mount light coast defence and naval gun from the 1930s to 1950s. Following the emergence...
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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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a flat-topped, round turret armed with the U.S. version of the Ordnance QF 6-pounder. On top of the main turret a smaller, semi-spherical turret housed...
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referred to as "hydro-spring". Typical examples were in the QF 13-pounder, 18-pounder, and BL 60-pounder Mk I guns, all dating from 1904 to 1905, where the oil...
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