they both fired 2 lb (0.91 kg), 40 mm (1.6 in) projectiles. The first gun to be called a pom-pom was the 37 mm Nordenfelt-Maxim or "QF 1-pounder" introduced...
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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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each shell should be individually aimed. During the 1920s, Vickers developed the Vickers range clock (Predictor No 1), an electro-mechanical computer...
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manufactured by the Elswick Ordnance Company, part of Armstrong Whitworth. They were developed to exploit the new "QF" technology, which involved loading the propellant...
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The QF 6-inch 40 calibre naval gun (Quick-Firing) was used by many United Kingdom-built warships around the end of the 19th century and the start of the...
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different companies manufactured the guns and component parts in the UK. Vickers-Armstrongs in Scotswood, Baker Perkins in Peterborough and Weirs in Glasgow were...
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recommend the production of trial equipments from ordnance factories, Armstrong, Vickers and the Coventry Ordnance Works (a joint venture by several Coventry...
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The Vickers 40 mm Class S gun, also known simply as the Vickers S or S gun, was a 40 mm (1.57 in) airborne autocannon designed by Vickers-Armstrongs for...
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agreed to collaborate to produce a composite design. This used the Armstrong gun, Vickers' recoil system, and Royal Ordnance Factory's sighting and elevating...
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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...
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Valentine tank (redirect from Vickers Valentine)
A10 and A11. Another version says that Valentine is an acronym for Vickers-Armstrongs Limited Elswick & (Newcastle-upon) Tyne. The "most prosaic" explanation...
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The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (Quick-Firing) (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. [12-cwt.]) was a common, versatile 3-inch (76.2 mm) calibre naval gun introduced...
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Schneider, Canet and Armstrong. Older and shorter-barreled guns have different ballistics as noted below. These were British QF Mark I and III guns used...
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23-class airship (category Vickers aircraft)
Wallis of Vickers. Vickers built the first and last of the four ships. The other two were built by William Beardmore and Company and Armstrong-Whitworth...
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Ordnance at the time, the Birch gun comprised a Vickers Medium Mark II tank chassis originally fitted with a QF 18-pounder (83.8 mm) gun. This remained the...
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BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII (category Vickers)
I. They were designed by Vickers in Britain and produced by all four British artillery manufacturers but mainly by Armstrong and one American company...
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manufactured at the Naval Gun Factory. QF 3 pounder Nordenfelt : Nordenfelt equivalent QF 3 pounder Vickers : Vickers equivalent 5 cm SK L/40 gun : German...
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Glossary of British ordnance terms (section QF)
are the QF 3-pounder Vickers, QF 18-pounder field gun, QF 4-inch Mk V anti-aircraft gun and the current 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun. Fixed QF was suited...
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The QF 4-inch gun Mks I, II, III were early British QF (quick-firing) naval guns originating in 1895. They all had barrels of 40 calibres length. The gun...
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Brown, Cammell Laird and Fairfield) to compete with the duopoly of Vickers and Armstrong-Whitworth in producing naval guns. Besides the larger naval gun...
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produced, 13 being in Canada and India.[page needed] Armstrong were the main supplier, with Vickers and the Ordnance Factory Woolwich also producing complete...
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The Ordnance QF 12-pounder 8 cwt was a Royal Navy "landing gun" intended for navy use ashore. "8 cwt" refers to the weight of the gun and breech, approximately...
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Front. Cartridge 63½ lb (¼ charge), Cordite M.D. used on King Edward VII-class battleship Common pointed capped shell, 1912 Armstrongs also sold versions...
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Matilda II (redirect from Matilda Mk 2)
cannon-armed version did not proceed. This requirement was passed to Vickers-Armstrongs which had a prototype (A11E1) but with armour proof against current...
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key Royal Navy gun in both World Wars. The BL 15-inch Mk I, designed by Vickers, Son, and Maxim in 1912, was an enlarged version of the successful BL 13...
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tanks that were fitted only with machine guns. Vickers-Armstrong installed on the Mk VIIs a 40 mm (1.6 in) QF 2-pounder main gun paired with a 7.92 mm (0.312 in)...
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Unrotated Projectile (section 2-inch rocket)
and proposals for twin and quadruple projectors were solicited from Vickers-Armstrongs. An advantage of a rocket weapon was that it did not need to be produced...
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better radio (wireless telegraph, W/T) equipment. The ships were to have six QF Mark XI 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns in Mark XX twin mountings in 'A', 'B', and...
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use the new cordite propellant. They were superseded on new warships by the QF 6-inch gun from 1891. These were Royal Gun Factory designs, although they...
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British citizen. Throughout the 1930s, he worked with Alvis Cars, Vickers-Armstrong and Hungarian companies on a variety of projects. His first armoured...
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