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the other two were folded. When the gun was positioned for combat, the legs were emplaced on the ground and the wheels were lifted up. Woolwich
Arsenal had continued to develop their carriage and when re-examined was seen to be superior to Vickers design, and with this carriage the gun was adopted as 'Ordnance QF 2-pounder Mark IX on Carriage Mark II'. It was conceptually similar, although the wheels had to be removed when the gun was emplaced for combat. This carriage was also manufactured by Vickers.
514:(APDS) rounds, which would match the penetration of the 'Littlejohn adaptor' shot while still allowing high-explosive (HE) shells to be fired. In fact, the claimed performance was better, the 1,295 m/s (4,250 ft/s) shot penetrating 85 mm (3.3 in) of armour at 60 degrees at 900 m (980 yd). Development of this gun was also abandoned when the role of the Saladin shifted towards infantry fire support, and a low-velocity 76 mm gun was selected for it instead.
660:" method of mounting the 2-pdr, and later the 6-pounder, on a truck. Though only intended for transport, with the gun carried unloaded, crews tended to fire from their vehicles for more mobility, with consequent casualties. Hence the vehicles tended to reverse into action so that the gunshield of the 2-pdr would provide a measure of protection against enemy fire. An infantry battalion anti-tank platoon would have eight guns on 3-ton lorries On 21 November 1941 during
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640:, it was decided in the face of a possible German invasion to re-equip the army with the 2-pdr, avoiding the period of adaptation to production, and also of re-training and acclimatization with the new weapon. Consequently, 6 pounder production was delayed until November 1941 and frontline availability until spring 1942. Thus during most of the
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Initially one of the most serious shortcomings of the 2-pdr was the lack of a high-explosive shell resulting from the
British doctrine, especially when the 2-pdr was the main gun of a tank; this was very important when a tank was being used for infantry support, intentionally leaving it with only its
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With the
Vickers carriage, the gun could also be fired from its wheels, at the expense of limited traverse. The shield was 5/16 inch armour plate. Typically it was towed by a 15-cwt (3/4-ton) truck with 68 rounds on the truck with a further 14 on the carriage itself. It could also be carried "portee"
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units in Great
Britain, and to the Far East, where it was still effective against the smaller and more lightly armoured Japanese tanks. It was finally removed from service entirely in December 1945. As a vehicle weapon, it remained in use throughout the war. Although most tanks equipped with it were
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Vickers was the first to submit a design, which was accepted as the 'Ordnance QF 2-pounder Mark IX on
Carriage Mark I'. A limited number of pieces were built in 1936. The carriage had an innovative three-legged construction. In the travelling position, one of the legs was used as a towing trail, and
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for his action with a 2-pdr. The troop of four portee 2-pdrs under his command engaged a German counter-attack of about 60 tanks. Three of the guns were knocked out, and all bar one gunner killed or fatally wounded. Despite the truck being on fire, Gunn manned the gun himself with a sergeant as his
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tank design evolved, anti-armour performance of the 2-pdr gradually became insufficient; however, the gun owes a large part of the bad reputation it gained during the campaign to the open terrain, which made the high-silhouette piece hard to conceal, and to poor tactics.
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The gun was developed as both a tank weapon and an anti-tank gun. For reasons of economy and standardization, it was accepted - as the 2-pdr Mark IX - for both purposes in
October 1935. Carriages for the gun were designed by Vickers and the Design Department at the
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shot; as it passed through the tapered barrel of the adaptor, the carrier was squeezed from 40 mm to 30 mm diameter. The reduction in cross-sectional area increased the driving force and therefore the velocity of the round taking penetration from 52 mm to 88 mm.
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with 12 pieces each), and light anti-aircraft/anti-tank regiments of armoured divisions (two 12-gun AT batteries). From
October 1940, separate 48-gun anti-tank regiments were introduced in armoured divisions too. Infantry
625:. Most of the British Army's 2-pdrs were left behind in France during the retreat, stripping most of the army's infantry anti-tank capability. Those guns captured at Dunkirk entered German service under the designation
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Ordnance Services Volume 4 Ammunition Pamphlet No. 8 Q.F. Fixed Ammunition Amendments No. 20 Part 2 Cartridge, Q.F., 2-pr., Mks. 9A and 10A Guns and Cartridge, Q.F., 2-pr., S.V., Mk. 10B
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of the shot. Initial trials carried out in Canada and the U.K. were promising; however the system was still being developed when the war ended, and the program was subsequently ended along with it.
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starting in 1942. It equipped infantry battalion anti-tank platoons replacing their anti-tank rifles until in turn replaced by 6-pounders but remained in service until the end of the war.
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Its performance as an anti-armour weapon was improved later in the war with the development of more sophisticated ammunition and got an additional boost with the introduction of the
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in 1938, when five field brigades were converted to anti-tank regiments. In the early western campaigns, the 2-pdr was employed by two types of Royal
Artillery formations: anti-tank
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machine gun for anti-personnel use. The doctrine was slow to change even in the light of battlefield experience, and the high-explosive shell was not produced until late 1942.
453:, and significantly outclassed 25mm and 20mm weapons of that era. A drawback of the 2-pounder was that it was nearly twice as heavy as the PaK 36 and had a higher profile.
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loader, engaging the enemy at 800 yards, he fired 40-50 rounds knocking out two tanks and damaging others before he was killed. The battery commander then took over.
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In North Africa, it was found that the 2-pdr was damaged by being towed long distances across rough, stony deserts. Starting in 1941, the
British developed the "
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375:. In its vehicle-mounted variant the 2-pounder was a common main gun on British tanks early in World War II, as well as being a typical main armament of
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Different methods of armour penetration measurement were used in different countries / periods. Therefore, direct comparison is often impossible
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Another development was the 2-pdr HV 'Pipsqueak', a postwar gun using a 40x438R cartridge originally intended as the main armament for the
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The gun was first put into use on armoured fighting vehicles as the main armament of the new lines of cruiser and infantry tanks - the
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functioning as an anti-tank gun—a role for which it was capable (at the expense of diverting it from its main artillery role). As
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design firing specially-designed shells at much higher velocities. However, the Littlejohn adaptor prevented the use of
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QF 2 pounder set up for firing; the gun commander stands behind the gun and the third crewmember would fetch ammunition.
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This article is about the World War II tank and anti-tank gun. For the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon, see
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Handbook for the Ordnance, Q.F., 2-Pr Marks IX and X on Carriages, Q.F. 2-Pr., Marks I and II Land Service
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to allow 2-pdr ammunition to be fired from the larger-calibre 6-pdr. This was intended to improve the
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Another QF 2 pdr is on display at the Canadian Military Heritage Museum in Brantford Ontario Canada.
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633:, the "e" and "b" referring to the origin (English or mistakenly attributed to the Belgian Army).
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theatres. The exact internal structure of AT units was also subject to changes and variations.
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rounds. These improvements, however, were constantly outpaced by improvements in tank design.
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denoting "quick firing"), or simply "2 pounder gun", was a 40 mm (1.575 in) British
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tanks improved, the 2-pounder lost effectiveness and it was gradually replaced by the 57 mm
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1634:"Artillery, Anti-tank, Q.F. 2-pounder High Velocity "David" Firing and travelling trials"
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The 40 mm 2-pounder could outperform a typical 37 mm piece, such as the German
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From mid-1942, the 2-pdr was increasingly displaced to infantry anti-tank platoons, to
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Mobile Division Training Pamphlet No. 2, Notes on the Employment of the Tank Brigade
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1640:, Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, pp. 1614–36,
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Mk IX - main pre-war production version, with barrel of autofrettage construction.
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483:(APCNR) ammunition. The round fired a light alloy carrier surrounding a heavy
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Although Woolwich Arsenal had already designed a successor to the 2-pdr, the
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Mk X-B - main late-war vehicle version, fitted with the Littlejohn adaptor.
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withdrawn or upgraded to the 6-pdr, it remained in use with armoured cars.
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The unusual construction gave the gun good stability and a traverse of 360
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Canadian Military Headquarters, London (CMHQ), Files Block No. 55 - 5792
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As a tank gun, used stationary the effective range was out to 1500 yds.
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1269:"pom-pom" AA gun, of the same bore but with a pre-World War I heritage.
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Two guns, one of them on an improvised carriage, are on display in the
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598:; these companies were disbanded later in the war. From 1942, infantry
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tanks, victims of the Australian 2 pounder gun. (See above image)
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1724:
citing War establishment reference VI/547/1 effective April 1942
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To improve performance a squeeze bore system was developed. The
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It was the main anti-tank weapon of the artillery units in the
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1443:. Uniforms Illustrated 12. Olympic Marketing Corp. p. 6.
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which screwed onto the end of the gun's barrel was used with
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2 pounder in action with British troops. Legs are unfolded.
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1954:"British Guns 37mm and 40mm calibre: penetration table"
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was the nominal carrying capacity of the vehicle. The
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Australian 2 pounder crew firing on Japanese tanks at
1590:, War Department, 30 September 1942, p. 150-151
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Mk X - later production version, with forged barrel.
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the army had to rely on the 2-pdr, augmented by the
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This QF 2-pounder was distinctly different from the
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1562:
1273:British standard ordnance weights and measurements
383:, throughout the war. As the armour protection of
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1824:
1806:
1252:An Australian-made QF 2 pdr is on display at the
182:overall: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) L/52
2828:
1603:"The Vickers 40mm S Gun With Littlejohn Adaptor"
1054:Mk X-A - Mk X with dimension tolerances reduced.
367:and, due to the need to rearm quickly after the
1333:rifling was 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
1068:Mk II - Carriage designed by the Royal Arsenal.
1048:Mk IX-A - Mk IX simplified for mass production.
1936:Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank
1898:. WWII Fact Files. New York: Arco Publishing.
1789:
1406:. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p.
468:designed in 1937 also had the gun, as did the
2032:
530:Crew inside a Valentine tank loading the gun.
2847:World War II artillery of the United Kingdom
1774:
1794:. Albany, NY: Overmatch Press. p. 60.
1582:
1580:
1441:Israeli Defense Forces, 1948 to the Present
1438:
1402:The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
1194:(South Africa) - Mk IV, and Mk VI prototype
1089:Australian 2 Pounder Anti-tank Gun Carrier.
2872:Military equipment introduced in the 1930s
2039:
2025:
1894:Chamberlain, Peter; Gander, Terry (1974).
1792:World War II Ballistics: Armor and Gunnery
1745:(Supplement). 17 April 1942. p. 1741.
1698:"British Infantry battalion (Middle East)"
1552:
1550:
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802:Armour-piercing, tracer, increased charge
615:British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
590:structure initially included an anti-tank
1930:
1790:Bird, Lorrin; Livingston, Robert (2001).
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1984:
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606:. The organization was different in the
594:, though it was typically equipped with
557:
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421:
356:and vehicle-mounted gun employed in the
1987:"37mm and 40mm guns in British service"
1545:
2829:
1848:from the original on 24 September 2019
1533:
1531:
1439:Russell, Lee; Katz, Sam (April 1986).
1397:
826:Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic cap
464:which entered production in 1937. The
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2020:
1912:
1812:
1714:from the original on 28 November 2022
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1571:
1468:"Ordnance QF 2-pounder Anti-Tank Gun"
1225:
602:received their own six-gun anti-tank
506:armoured car that was to replace the
1985:Williams, Anthony G. (1 June 2013).
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1661:
1600:
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1065:Mk I - Carriage designed by Vickers.
878:Armour-piercing, composite non-rigid
852:Armour-piercing, composite non-rigid
491:A late-war project was the Canadian
481:Armour-piercing, composite non-rigid
1915:British Anti-tank Artillery 1939–45
1528:
1249:(Batey HaOsef) in Tel Aviv, Israel.
880:(used with the Littlejohn adaptor)
855:(used with the Littlejohn adaptor)
569:The 2-pdr gun became a part of the
13:
1978:
1674:from the original on 3 April 2022.
1631:
1517:from the original on 13 April 2021
1478:from the original on 29 April 2021
962:Estimated armour penetration (mm)
617:during the German invasion of the
613:The gun first saw combat with the
521:
472:developed in the following years.
163:Specifications (on Carriage Mk II)
14:
2883:
2002:
1877:Allied Artillery of World War Two
1644:from the original on 5 April 2024
1457:
1391:
1296:, contemporary Soviet equivalents
1107:Light Tank Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins
898:1,189 m/s (3,900 ft/s)
873:1,280 m/s (4,200 ft/s)
371:, remained in service during the
304:2,600 ft/s (792 m/s) with AP shot
2416:BL 12-inch Mk V railway howitzer
1363:"armour piercing super velocity"
1294:45 mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42)
1289:45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K)
1284:45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
512:Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot
309:Effective firing range
38:
2857:Tank guns of the United Kingdom
2411:BL 9.2-inch Mk XIII railway gun
1830:
1783:
1749:
1729:
1690:
1655:
1625:
1594:
1366:
1357:
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1213:2 Pounder Anti-tank Gun Carrier
1143:Infantry Tank Mk III, Valentine
955:792 m/s (2,600 ft/s)
920:610 m/s (2,000 ft/s)
846:792 m/s (2,600 ft/s)
820:853 m/s (2,800 ft/s)
797:792 m/s (2,600 ft/s)
767:807 m/s (2,650 ft/s)
669:J Battery Royal Horse Artillery
2740:Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys
2370:BL 6-inch Mk VII & Mk XXIV
1991:Military Guns & Ammunition
1825:Chamberlain, & Gander 1974
1662:Boyd, David (1 January 2009).
1541:, War Office, 1938, p. 30
1499:
1490:
1432:
1327:
1215:(Australia, used for training)
1192:Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car
1149:Infantry Tank Mk IV, Churchill
914:2.375 lb (1.077 kg)
892:1.234 lb (0.560 kg)
867:1.037 lb (0.470 kg)
758:2.375 lb (1.077 kg)
596:25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank guns
406:which was a 40 mm autocannon.
317:Maximum firing range
152:
1:
2421:BL 13.5-inch Mk V railway gun
1664:"The 2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun"
1507:"The 2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun"
1379:
1310:25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun
1127:Cruiser Tank Mk V, Covenanter
979:1,499 yd (1,371 m)
705:
623:rear-guard actions at Dunkirk
2806:No.2 "Lifebuoy" flamethrower
2184:BL 4.5-inch medium field gun
1780:Guns vs Armour 1939 to 1945.
1632:Fulton, Colonel F.F. (ed.),
1280:, contemporary US equivalent
1138:Infantry Tank Mk II, Matilda
1132:Cruiser Tank Mk VI, Crusader
510:. This was designed to fire
320:1,800 yd (1,600 m)
312:1,500 yd (1,400 m)
198:55.15 in (1.401 m)
190:59.25 in (1.505 m)
7:
2862:World War II anti-tank guns
2426:BL 18-inch railway howitzer
1958:Guns vs Armour 1939 to 1945
1917:, New Vanguard 98, Osprey,
1879:. Ramsbury: Crowood Press.
1354:2 were typical of the type.
1300:Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun
1260:
1200:(Australia, prototype only)
1102:Light Tank Mk VII, Tetrarch
1036:
976:1,000 yd (914 m)
942:0.86 kg (1.9 lb)
939:1.86 kg (4.1 lb)
840:1.22 kg (2.7 lb)
837:2.22 kg (4.9 lb)
814:1.08 kg (2.4 lb)
811:2.04 kg (4.5 lb)
792:1.08 kg (2.4 lb)
789:2.04 kg (4.5 lb)
426:Mark I carriage, April 1941
171:1,795 lb (814 kg)
10:
2888:
2250:3.7-inch mountain howitzer
1315:Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun
1305:Type 1 37 mm anti-tank gun
1235:QF 2 pdr in the museum in
691:, which converted it to a
409:
396:QF 2 pounder "pom-pom" gun
231:40 mm (1.575 in)
18:
16:Tank gun and anti-tank gun
2801:Ordnance ML 3 inch mortar
2773:
2730:
2649:
2606:
2593:De Lisle Commando carbine
2536:Enfield 1853 rifle-musket
2495:
2455:
2403:
2347:
2286:
2258:
2237:
2174:
2138:
2112:
2061:
1838:"2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun"
973:500 yd (457 m)
966:
715:
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71:
64:Place of origin
63:
49:
37:
30:
2702:Charlton Automatic Rifle
2139:Field guns and howitzers
1320:
1198:Rhino Heavy Armoured Car
978:
975:
972:
970:100 yd (91 m)
969:
2641:Thompson submachine gun
2570:Lee–Enfield No.5 Mk.I "
2465:Beaumont–Adams revolver
2448:Commonwealth of Nations
2156:25-pounder Gun-Howitzer
1254:Australian War Memorial
1018:APCBC (meet angle 30°)
761:11 drachms (19 g)
646:25 pounder gun-howitzer
631:4.0 cm Pak 154 (b)
627:4.0 cm Pak 192 (e)
2852:World War II tank guns
2588:Rieder Automatic Rifle
2578:Howell Automatic Rifle
2314:QF 2-pounder naval gun
2194:BL 5.5-inch medium gun
2104:QF 95 mm howitzer
1398:Bishop, Chris (1998).
1267:QF 2 pounder naval gun
1090:
1082:
1001:APHV (meet angle 30°)
945:3 oz (85 g)
906:Shot, Practice, Mk IT
642:North African Campaign
566:
555:
539:
531:
427:
373:North African campaign
290:Rate of fire
243:vertical sliding-block
32:Ordnance QF 2 pounder
21:QF 2 pounder naval gun
2697:Vickers K machine gun
2287:Anti-aircraft weapons
2245:75mm Pack howitzer M1
1913:Henry, Chris (2004),
1474:. 29 September 2018.
1182:Coventry Armoured Car
1088:
1080:
1073:Self-propelled mounts
711:Available ammunition
662:battle of Sidi Rezegh
561:
545:
537:
529:
425:
346:Ordnance QF 2-pounder
115:1948 Arab–Israeli War
2760:17 pdr anti-tank gun
2583:Huot Automatic Rifle
2309:QF 1½-pounder Mk III
2224:BL 9.2-inch howitzer
2214:BL 7.2-inch howitzer
2204:BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX
2166:QF 4.5-inch howitzer
2048:British Commonwealth
2009:2-pdr at WWII Online
1601:Williams, Antony G.
1511:The Armourer's Bench
1187:Daimler Armoured Car
984:AP (meet angle 30°)
883:AP/CNR (APSV) Mk II
470:Daimler armoured car
300:Muzzle velocity
294:22 rounds per minute
2755:6 pdr anti-tank gun
2750:2 pdr anti-tank gun
2365:QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV
2355:QF 6-pounder 10 cwt
1997:on 5 December 2022.
1122:Cruiser Tank Mk III
1061:Carriage variants:
963:
858:AP/CNR (APSV) Mk I
712:
621:and the subsequent
493:David High Velocity
442:on a 30-cwt truck.
2796:SBML 2-inch mortar
2677:QF 2 pdr "Pom-Pom"
2339:QF 5.25-inch Mk II
2278:ML 4.2-inch mortar
2268:SBML 2-inch mortar
2229:240 mm howitzer M1
2219:BL 8-inch howitzer
2199:BL 6-inch howitzer
2177:guns and howitzers
2089:QF 3-inch howitzer
1964:on 7 December 2010
1938:. Presidio Press.
1742:The London Gazette
1705:Bayonetstrength.uk
1247:IDF History Museum
1226:Surviving examples
1117:Cruiser Tank Mk II
1091:
1083:
961:
728:Projectile weight
710:
689:Littlejohn adaptor
664:Second lieutenant
567:
556:
540:
532:
477:Littlejohn adaptor
428:
369:Dunkirk evacuation
264:three-leg platform
138:Vickers-Armstrongs
121:Production history
2824:
2823:
2816:OTO Melara Mod 56
2636:F1 submachine gun
2487:Browning Hi-Power
2434:
2433:
2404:Railway artillery
2390:BL 14-inch Mk VII
2380:BL 8-inch Mk VIII
2375:BL 7.5-inch Mk VI
2334:QF 4.5-inch Mk II
2189:BL 60-pounder gun
2175:Medium and heavy
1896:Anti-Tank Weapons
1513:, 10 March 2019,
1112:Cruiser Tank Mk I
1034:
1033:
959:
958:
903:Practice, tracer
748:Shell AP/T Mk IT
548:point-blank range
466:Light Tank Mk VII
400:anti-aircraft gun
342:
341:
107:Spanish Civil War
2879:
2786:25 pdr field gun
2722:L7 (machine gun)
2692:Vickers–Berthier
2470:Enfield revolver
2438:
2437:
2385:BL 9.2-inch Mk X
2273:ML 3-inch mortar
2161:25-pounder Short
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2034:
2027:
2018:
2017:
1998:
1993:. Archived from
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1971:
1969:
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1949:
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1855:
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1472:Military Factory
1464:
1455:
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1430:
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1405:
1395:
1373:
1370:
1364:
1361:
1355:
1340:
1334:
1331:
1237:Collins Barracks
1176:AEC Armoured Car
1151:- Mk I and Mk II
1145:- Marks I to VII
964:
960:
734:Muzzle velocity
713:
709:
666:George Ward Gunn
508:AEC Armoured Car
417:Woolwich Arsenal
365:Battle of France
358:Second World War
325:Feed system
154:
42:
33:
28:
27:
2887:
2886:
2882:
2881:
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2878:
2877:
2876:
2842:40 mm artillery
2837:Field artillery
2827:
2826:
2825:
2820:
2791:Congreve rocket
2778:
2769:
2726:
2645:
2608:Submachine guns
2602:
2551:Martini–Enfield
2531:Brunswick rifle
2500:
2491:
2475:Webley Revolver
2451:
2442:Weapons of the
2435:
2430:
2399:
2395:BL 15-inch Mk I
2343:
2282:
2254:
2233:
2209:155 mm Long Tom
2176:
2170:
2146:75 mm Gun M1917
2134:
2108:
2057:
2045:
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1906:
1887:
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1836:
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1377:
1376:
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1367:
1362:
1358:
1341:
1337:
1332:
1328:
1323:
1263:
1239:in Dublin City.
1228:
1134:- MkI and Mk II
1075:
1039:
879:
854:
773:Armour-piercing
740:Armour-piercing
708:
671:was earned the
571:Royal Artillery
524:
522:Service history
497:muzzle velocity
412:
241:Semi-automatic
211:
113:
109:
97:
95:
93:
91:
89:
77:In service
72:Service history
56:
45:
31:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
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2662:Gatling gun
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2561:Lee–Enfield
2556:Lee–Metford
2526:Baker rifle
2329:QF 3.7-inch
1968:18 November
1873:Hogg, I. V.
1737:"No. 35530"
1648:31 December
1352:Fordson WOT
1163:(Australia)
931:HE/T Mk II
722:Shot/shell
155: built
2831:Categories
2775:Field guns
2650:Rapid-fire
2616:Lanchester
2566:Ross rifle
2510:Brown Bess
1813:Henry 2004
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1482:5 February
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1380:References
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781:AP/T Mk I
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462:Matilda II
404:Royal Navy
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2084:QF 75 mm
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1037:Variants
608:Far East
604:platoons
485:tungsten
460:and the
280:Traverse
261:Carriage
144:Produced
126:Designed
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2867:Vickers
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335:Sights
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237:Breech
195:Height
177:Barrel
158:12,000
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1385:Notes
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1155:Ram I
1094:Tanks
935:Shell
886:Shot
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752:Shell
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187:Width
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