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Pounds of force tank shell8/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The result was a 3.45 inches (87.6 mm) weapon firing a shell weighing 25 pounds (11.3 kg). ![]() The basic idea was to build one weapon with the direct-fire capability of the 18 pounder and the high-angle fire of the howitzer, firing a shell about half way between the two in size, around 3.5–4.0 inches (89–102 mm) of about 30 pounds (14 kg).ĭevelopment during the inter-war period was severely hampered by a lack of money and it was eventually decided to build a "new" design from existing 18 pounders by converting barrels but designing a new barrel and carriage for production when funds were available. The design was the result of extended studies looking to replace the 18-pounder (3.3 inches (84 mm) bore) field gun and the 4.5-inch howitzer (114.3 mm bore), which had been the main field artillery equipments during the First World War. Many Commonwealth of Nations countries used theirs in active or reserve service until about the 1970s and ammunition for the weapon is currently being produced by Pakistan Ordnance Factories. Combining high rates of fire with a reasonably lethal shell in a highly mobile piece, it was the British Army's primary artillery field piece well into the 1960s, with smaller numbers serving in training units until the 1980s. The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply, 25-pounder or 25-pdr, was introduced into service just before World War II, during which it served as the major British field gun/ howitzer. (70° with dial sight adapter and digging trail pit or wheel mounds) ![]() Specifications (Ordnance QF 25-pounder Mk II on Carriage 25-pounder Mk I)Ĥ.6 m (15 ft 1 in) (muzzle to towing eye) Ordnance QF 25-pounder gun shown mounted on its firing platform, King Street West, Dundas, Hamilton, Canada. ![]()
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