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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 ...
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
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; Rolls-Royce 40 mm cannon, known as ...
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.
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 in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century. [4] It was produced by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick and used on Royal Navy warships, exported to allied countries, and used for land ...
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 ...
The navy ran through a variety of versions of the basic Bofors gun over the war, including the Mark VII to Mark XI. The British light anti-aircraft weapon already in use with the Royal Navy's, the QF 2-pounder gun, also had a calibre of 40 mm, but was referred to as the QF 2-pdr. In the Royal Navy guns and mounts were designated separately.