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  2. Ordnance QF 25-pounder - Wikipedia

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    A 25-pounder field gun and limber, towed by a Morris Commercial "Quad", crossing a pontoon bridge at Slaght Bridge in Antrim, Northern Ireland, 26 June 1942 A 25-pounder with its wheels elevated on ammunition boxes for an extremely high angle of fire, San Clemente, Italy 2 December 1944

  3. Morris C8 - Wikipedia

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    The Morris Commercial C8 FAT (Field Artillery Tractor), commonly known as a (Beetle-back) Quad, is an artillery tractor used by the British and Commonwealth (including Canadian forces), during the Second World War. [1] [2] It was used to tow field artillery pieces, such as the 25-pounder gun-howitzer, and anti-tank guns, such as the 17-pounder.

  4. 140th (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - Wikipedia

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    25-Pounder gun and Morris C8 Quad on exercise in 1941. Fourteen officers and 287 men (out of an establishment of 580) returned from Dunkirk to reform the regiment. [5] [6] After Dunkirk, the priority was the defence of the United Kingdom from the expected invasion; and so there was urgent pressure for the 140th Field Regiment to reform.

  5. CMP FAT - Wikipedia

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    The early 'Quad' bodywork, parading in Tripoli in February 1943 ... the CMP was usually used to tow either the 25-pounder gun-howitzer or the 17-pounder anti-tank gun ...

  6. Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short - Wikipedia

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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 the 25-pounder's design to improve its mobility during jungle warfare. Development began in 1942, and the weapon first entered service with the Australian Army the next year.

  7. Bishop (artillery) - Wikipedia

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    The Bishop, formal designation Ordnance QF 25-pdr on Carrier Valentine 25-pdr Mk 1, was a British self-propelled gun vehicle based on the Valentine tank and armed with the QF 25-pounder gun-howitzer, which could fire an 87.6 mm (3.45 in) 11.5 kg (25 lb) HE shell or an armour-piercing shell. A result of a rushed attempt to create a self ...

  8. Morris CDSW - Wikipedia

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    The Morris CDSW 6x4 was a six-wheeled artillery tractor brought into service in the early to mid-1930s by the British Army to tow its field guns. [1] [2]Typically it was used to pull the 18-pounder field gun and the 4.5-inch howitzer, and later the 25-pounder gun-howitzer which replaced those two weapons.

  9. List of Korean War weapons - Wikipedia

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    Ordnance QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun; Ordnance QF 25-pounder field cannon; Communist states. 37 mm 61-K M1939 automatic air defense gun; 45 mm M1942 (M-42) anti-tank ...