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The QF 2-pounder Mark II was a larger version of the QF 1-pounder Maxim gun produced by Vickers. It was a 40 mm calibre gun with a water-cooled barrel and a Vickers-Maxim mechanism. It was ordered in 1915 by the Royal Navy as an anti-aircraft weapon for ships of cruiser size and below. The original models fired from hand-loaded fabric belts ...
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 employed in the Second World War. It was the main anti-tank weapon of the artillery units in the Battle of France and, due to the need to rearm quickly after the Dunkirk evacuation , remained in ...
The French firm Hotchkiss produced the QF 3 pounder as a light 47 mm naval gun from 1886. The gun was ideal for defending against small fast vessels such as torpedo boats and was immediately adopted by the RN as the "Ordnance QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss". [2] It was built under licence by Elswick Ordnance Company. The Royal Navy introduced the QF 4. ...
76.2 mm (3.00 in) QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun Mk I, Mk II, Mk V United Kingdom: 1894 - 1945 76.2 mm (3.00 in) QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun United Kingdom: World War I 76.2 mm (3.00 in) QF 14 pounder Maxim-Nordenfelt naval gun United Kingdom: World War I 76.2 mm (3.00 in) QF 14 pounder naval gun Mk I & II naval gun United Kingdom
The Vickers 40 mm QF 2 pounder "Pom-Pom" gun anti-aircraft mounting was introduced to the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The multi-barrel mounting was capable of a tremendous volume of fire but the crew had great difficulty in aiming the mounting due to the smoke and vibration created by the guns.
2 3.7 cm SK C/30 Nazi Germany: World War II: 40 1, 4, or 8 QF 2 pdr Mk II, Mk VIII Vickers 2-pounder "pom-pom" United Kingdom: World War I World War II 40 1, 2, or 4 Bofors 40 mm gun Sweden: World War II - Korean War - Cold War: 45 1 or 2 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K) Soviet Union: World War II 76.2 QF 3 inch 20 cwt United Kingdom: World War I ...
2-pounder gun, 2-pounder and QF 2 pounder or QF 2-pdr are abbreviations used for various guns which fired a projectile weighing approximately 2 pounds (0.91 kg). These include: QF 2 pounder Mk II & Mk VIII "pom-pom" Vickers 40mm naval anti-aircraft autocannon of the First World War and the Second World War
From 1895 many ships' guns were converted to QF to use the same brass cartridge case and charge as the modern QF 6-inch guns. They were designated QFC for "QF Converted", and the new Mark designation began at I over the old gun Mark e.g. I/IV was the first version of Mk IV gun converted to QFC, II/VI was the second version of Mk VI gun converted.