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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.
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.
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 ...
Firstly, in the US, the 25-pounder Howitzer Motor Carriage T51 – a Priest adapted to mount the 25-pounder – was tested from July 1942. Development was delayed by issues including the destruction of the gun mount on the prototype, during the first live-firing trials.
QF 6 pounder: British 57 mm medium tank gun and towed antitank gun; QF 17 pounder: British 76.2 mm tank gun and towed antitank gun; QF 25 pounder: British 87.6 mm howitzer; QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer: British 94mm mountain gun; QF 25 Pounder Short Mk 1: Australian derivation of the British 25 Pounder
Ordnance QF 15-pounder Mk I; Ordnance QF 13-pounder; Ordnance QF 18-pounder Mk2, Mk4; Ordnance BLC 15-pounder; RML 2.5 inch Mountain Gun; QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer; QF 4.5-inch howitzer; QF 5.25 inch gun; BL 10-pounder Mountain Gun; Ordnance QF 25-pounder; Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short
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.
World War II 37 mm (1.5 in) Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925 France: World War II 37 mm (1.5 in) QF 1-pounder pom-pom United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 37 mm (1.5 in) 3.7 cm SK C/30 Nazi Germany: World War II 37 mm (1.5 in) 3.7 cm FlaK 36 Nazi Germany: World War II 37 mm (1.5 in) 37-mm air-defense gun M1939 (61-K) Soviet Union: World War II ...