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Sexton II: It featured boxes added to the rear deck to carry batteries and an auxiliary generator to charge them. Based on the Grizzly (M4A1 Sherman) hull. Sexton GPO (Gun Position Officer): The 25 pounder was removed and an extra No. 19 Wireless was added along with map tables; this vehicle was used to control battery fire. [7]
A Short 25-pounder in New Guinea in 1944. The 25-pounder Short Mark I, or Baby 25-pr, was an Australian pack gun version of the 25-pounder, first produced in 1943. This was a shortened version of the standard 25-pounder, mounted on the Carriage 25-pr Light, Mark 1. Weighing 1,315 kilograms (2,899 lb), it was around 315 kg (694 lb) lighter than ...
The 25-pounder Gun SP, tracked, Sexton was a Second World War self-propelled artillery vehicle based on an American tank hull design, built by Canada for the British Army, and associated Commonwealth forces and other Allies. It was developed to give the British Army a mobile artillery gun using their Ordnance QF 25-pounder Gun gun-Howitzer.
Following this line of names, a 1942 self-propelled gun armed with the 57 mm QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun was the Deacon, and a 1943 vehicle with the QF 25-pounder on a chassis derived from the M3 Medium tank was the Sexton. This practice was continued after the war with FV433 Abbot and ended in 1993 when they were replaced with the AS-90.
Ordnance QF 25 pounder → Ordnance QF 25-pounder – Prior to revision, the article contained inconsistent usages including "25-pounder" ("25 pdr"), "25 pounder", etc. The term is a compound adjective which needs to be hyphenated. The same applies with "25-pdr" in the rare instances where the abbreviation is acceptable for WP purposes.
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton said Friday he is in conversations with the state Attorney General’s office to seek the removal of Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy for ...
15- pounder (multiple types) Field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 17- pounder: Anti-tank gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 18- pounder: Field gun 83.8 mm 3.3 inch Ordnance QF 20-pounder: Tank gun 83.8 mm 3.3 inch Ordnance QF 25-pounder: Gun-howitzer 87.6 mm 3.45 inch Ordnance QF 32-pounder: Tank gun 94 mm 3.7 inch Ordnance QF 60-pounder: Heavy ...
Huggins obtained the film Oct. 8 in Omaha at an auction of movie posters and other memorabilia from film distributor Modern Sound Pictures, which had closed years before after operating since 1937.