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The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6 mm), was a piece of field artillery used by British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War. Durable, easy to operate and versatile, [2] it was the most produced and used British field gun and gun-howitzer during the war.
A British self-propelled gun armed with the Ordnance QF 25-pounder in design from 1941 was given the service name "Bishop" as its appearance was said to resemble a bishop's mitre. A replacement, the US 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 was called "Priest" by the British, as part of its superstructure was said to resemble a priest's pulpit.
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 ...
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.
obsolete at start of World War II QF 25-pounder: 87.6mm: 12253: 1940: 13000: 1633: 7: main Canadian World War II field gun/howitzer BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun: 114mm: 18000: 1938? 6190: 2.5: built in UK by Canadian companies BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun: 140mm: 16550: 1941? 5900: 2: received from UK BL 60-pounder: 127mm: 15500: 1905: 1756: 4400: 2 ...
Archer was a powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun on Valentine chassis Bishop was a 25-pounder gun mounted on a Valentine chassis. 25-pdr SP, tracked, Sexton; Self Propelled 17pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer; 3inch Self Propelled M10 – Gun Motor Carriage M10, provided under lend-lease from America. 17pdr Self propelled M10C – M10 rearmed with 17 ...
World War II, modern 87.6: Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short Mark 1 gun-howitzer Australia: World War II 94: Ordnance QF 95 mm howitzer, infantry United Kingdom: World War II 100: 10 cm M. 14 Feldhaubitze Austria-Hungary: World Wars I, II 100: Skoda houfnice vz 14/19 Austria-Hungary: World Wars I, II 100: 10 cm houfnice vz. 28 Czechoslovakia: World ...
As an FAT the Quad served with Field Artillery Regiments. Each regiment had 36 Quads; 24 towed a limber and gun, and 12 towed two limbers.. It was first issued in late 1939 and first used in action in France in 1940, towing 18-pounder, 18/25-pounder and 4.5-inch howitzers.