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449:, allowing it to quickly engage moving vehicles from any approach. The gunner had handwheels for traverse and elevation. Additionally, he could disengage the traverse mechanism and the gun commander could rotate the gun by pushing against the gunners shoulders. The commander was aided by a simple ring and bead sight on the top of the shield. The gunner had a 1.9x magnification telescopic sight with a 21 degree field of view, graduated from 600 yd (550 m) to 1,800 yd (1,600 m) at 300 yd intervals. The gunner also had a notch and bead sight above the telescopic
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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.
525:(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.
671:" 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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651:, 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
636:. 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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Regulations for Army
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.
464:, 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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386:. 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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TM 30-410: Handbook on the British army : with supplements on the Royal Air Force and civilian defense organizations
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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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644:, 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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1645:"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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1972:
1651:, 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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494:(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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1280:"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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795:
609:; 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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1735:
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
260:
1454:. 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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1965:"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
1601:, 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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1573:
1284:British standard ordnance weights and measurements
394:, throughout the war. As the armour protection of
1904:
1835:
1817:
1263:An Australian-made QF 2 pdr is on display at the
193:overall: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) L/52
2839:
1614:"The Vickers 40mm S Gun With Littlejohn Adaptor"
1065:Mk X-A - Mk X with dimension tolerances reduced.
378:and, due to the need to rearm quickly after the
1344:rifling was 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
1079:Mk II - Carriage designed by the Royal Arsenal.
1059:Mk IX-A - Mk IX simplified for mass production.
1947:Sherman: A History of the American Medium Tank
1909:. WWII Fact Files. New York: Arco Publishing.
1800:
1417:. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p.
479:designed in 1937 also had the gun, as did the
2043:
541:Crew inside a Valentine tank loading the gun.
2858:World War II artillery of the United Kingdom
1785:
1805:. Albany, NY: Overmatch Press. p. 60.
1593:
1591:
1452:Israeli Defense Forces, 1948 to the Present
1449:
1413:The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II
1205:(South Africa) - Mk IV, and Mk VI prototype
1100:Australian 2 Pounder Anti-tank Gun Carrier.
2883:Military equipment introduced in the 1930s
2050:
2036:
1905:Chamberlain, Peter; Gander, Terry (1974).
1803:World War II Ballistics: Armor and Gunnery
1756:(Supplement). 17 April 1942. p. 1741.
1709:"British Infantry battalion (Middle East)"
1563:
1561:
1559:
813:Armour-piercing, tracer, increased charge
626:British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
601:structure initially included an anti-tank
1941:
1801:Bird, Lorrin; Livingston, Robert (2001).
1779:
1995:
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1095:
1087:
1083:
617:. The organization was different in the
605:, though it was typically equipped with
568:
552:
544:
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432:
367:and vehicle-mounted gun employed in the
1998:"37mm and 40mm guns in British service"
1556:
14:
2840:
1859:from the original on 24 September 2019
1544:
1542:
1450:Russell, Lee; Katz, Sam (April 1986).
1408:
837:Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic cap
475:which entered production in 1937. The
2451:
2031:
1923:
1823:
1725:from the original on 28 November 2022
1695:
1582:
1479:"Ordnance QF 2-pounder Anti-Tank Gun"
1236:
613:received their own six-gun anti-tank
517:armoured car that was to replace the
1996:Williams, Anthony G. (1 June 2013).
1882:
1672:
1611:
1473:
1471:
1076:Mk I - Carriage designed by Vickers.
889:Armour-piercing, composite non-rigid
863:Armour-piercing, composite non-rigid
502:A late-war project was the Canadian
492:Armour-piercing, composite non-rigid
1926:British Anti-tank Artillery 1939–45
1539:
1260:(Batey HaOsef) in Tel Aviv, Israel.
891:(used with the Littlejohn adaptor)
866:(used with the Littlejohn adaptor)
580:The 2-pdr gun became a part of the
24:
1989:
1685:from the original on 3 April 2022.
1642:
1528:from the original on 13 April 2021
1489:from the original on 29 April 2021
973:Estimated armour penetration (mm)
628:during the German invasion of the
624:The gun first saw combat with the
532:
483:developed in the following years.
174:Specifications (on Carriage Mk II)
25:
2894:
2013:
1888:Allied Artillery of World War Two
1655:from the original on 5 April 2024
1468:
1402:
1307:, contemporary Soviet equivalents
1118:Light Tank Mk VIII, Harry Hopkins
909:1,189 m/s (3,900 ft/s)
884:1,280 m/s (4,200 ft/s)
382:, remained in service during the
315:2,600 ft/s (792 m/s) with AP shot
2427:BL 12-inch Mk V railway howitzer
1374:"armour piercing super velocity"
1305:45 mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42)
1300:45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K)
1295:45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
523:Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot
320:Effective firing range
49:
2868:Tank guns of the United Kingdom
2422:BL 9.2-inch Mk XIII railway gun
1841:
1794:
1760:
1740:
1701:
1666:
1636:
1605:
1377:
1368:
1347:
1224:2 Pounder Anti-tank Gun Carrier
1154:Infantry Tank Mk III, Valentine
966:792 m/s (2,600 ft/s)
931:610 m/s (2,000 ft/s)
857:792 m/s (2,600 ft/s)
831:853 m/s (2,800 ft/s)
808:792 m/s (2,600 ft/s)
778:807 m/s (2,650 ft/s)
680:J Battery Royal Horse Artillery
2751:Rifle, Anti-Tank, .55 in, Boys
2381:BL 6-inch Mk VII & Mk XXIV
2002:Military Guns & Ammunition
1836:Chamberlain, & Gander 1974
1673:Boyd, David (1 January 2009).
1552:, War Office, 1938, p. 30
1510:
1501:
1443:
1338:
1226:(Australia, used for training)
1203:Marmon-Herrington Armoured Car
1160:Infantry Tank Mk IV, Churchill
925:2.375 lb (1.077 kg)
903:1.234 lb (0.560 kg)
878:1.037 lb (0.470 kg)
769:2.375 lb (1.077 kg)
607:25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank guns
417:which was a 40 mm autocannon.
328:Maximum firing range
163:
13:
1:
2432:BL 13.5-inch Mk V railway gun
1675:"The 2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun"
1518:"The 2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun"
1390:
1321:25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun
1138:Cruiser Tank Mk V, Covenanter
990:1,499 yd (1,371 m)
716:
634:rear-guard actions at Dunkirk
2817:No.2 "Lifebuoy" flamethrower
2195:BL 4.5-inch medium field gun
1791:Guns vs Armour 1939 to 1945.
1643:Fulton, Colonel F.F. (ed.),
1291:, contemporary US equivalent
1149:Infantry Tank Mk II, Matilda
1143:Cruiser Tank Mk VI, Crusader
521:. This was designed to fire
331:1,800 yd (1,600 m)
323:1,500 yd (1,400 m)
209:55.15 in (1.401 m)
201:59.25 in (1.505 m)
7:
2873:World War II anti-tank guns
2437:BL 18-inch railway howitzer
1969:Guns vs Armour 1939 to 1945
1928:, New Vanguard 98, Osprey,
1890:. Ramsbury: Crowood Press.
1365:2 were typical of the type.
1311:Type 94 37 mm anti-tank gun
1271:
1211:(Australia, prototype only)
1113:Light Tank Mk VII, Tetrarch
1047:
987:1,000 yd (914 m)
953:0.86 kg (1.9 lb)
950:1.86 kg (4.1 lb)
851:1.22 kg (2.7 lb)
848:2.22 kg (4.9 lb)
825:1.08 kg (2.4 lb)
822:2.04 kg (4.5 lb)
803:1.08 kg (2.4 lb)
800:2.04 kg (4.5 lb)
437:Mark I carriage, April 1941
182:1,795 lb (814 kg)
10:
2899:
2261:3.7-inch mountain howitzer
1326:Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun
1316:Type 1 37 mm anti-tank gun
1246:QF 2 pdr in the museum in
702:, which converted it to a
420:
407:QF 2 pounder "pom-pom" gun
242:40 mm (1.575 in)
29:
27:Tank gun and anti-tank gun
2812:Ordnance ML 3 inch mortar
2784:
2741:
2660:
2617:
2604:De Lisle Commando carbine
2547:Enfield 1853 rifle-musket
2506:
2466:
2414:
2358:
2297:
2269:
2248:
2185:
2149:
2123:
2072:
1849:"2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun"
984:500 yd (457 m)
977:
726:
345:
335:
327:
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309:
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279:
271:
259:
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95:
87:
82:
75:Place of origin
74:
60:
48:
41:
2713:Charlton Automatic Rifle
2150:Field guns and howitzers
1331:
1209:Rhino Heavy Armoured Car
989:
986:
983:
981:100 yd (91 m)
980:
2652:Thompson submachine gun
2581:Lee–Enfield No.5 Mk.I "
2476:Beaumont–Adams revolver
2459:Commonwealth of Nations
2167:25-pounder Gun-Howitzer
1265:Australian War Memorial
1029:APCBC (meet angle 30°)
772:11 drachms (19 g)
657:25 pounder gun-howitzer
642:4.0 cm Pak 154 (b)
638:4.0 cm Pak 192 (e)
2863:World War II tank guns
2599:Rieder Automatic Rifle
2589:Howell Automatic Rifle
2325:QF 2-pounder naval gun
2205:BL 5.5-inch medium gun
2115:QF 95 mm howitzer
1409:Bishop, Chris (1998).
1278:QF 2 pounder naval gun
1101:
1093:
1012:APHV (meet angle 30°)
956:3 oz (85 g)
917:Shot, Practice, Mk IT
653:North African Campaign
577:
566:
550:
542:
438:
384:North African campaign
301:Rate of fire
254:vertical sliding-block
43:Ordnance QF 2 pounder
32:QF 2 pounder naval gun
2708:Vickers K machine gun
2298:Anti-aircraft weapons
2256:75mm Pack howitzer M1
1924:Henry, Chris (2004),
1485:. 29 September 2018.
1193:Coventry Armoured Car
1099:
1091:
1084:Self-propelled mounts
722:Available ammunition
673:battle of Sidi Rezegh
572:
556:
548:
540:
436:
357:Ordnance QF 2-pounder
126:1948 Arab–Israeli War
18:Ordnance QF 2 pounder
2771:17 pdr anti-tank gun
2594:Huot Automatic Rifle
2320:QF 1½-pounder Mk III
2235:BL 9.2-inch howitzer
2225:BL 7.2-inch howitzer
2215:BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX
2177:QF 4.5-inch howitzer
2059:British Commonwealth
2020:2-pdr at WWII Online
1612:Williams, Antony G.
1522:The Armourer's Bench
1198:Daimler Armoured Car
995:AP (meet angle 30°)
894:AP/CNR (APSV) Mk II
481:Daimler armoured car
311:Muzzle velocity
305:22 rounds per minute
2766:6 pdr anti-tank gun
2761:2 pdr anti-tank gun
2376:QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV
2366:QF 6-pounder 10 cwt
2008:on 5 December 2022.
1133:Cruiser Tank Mk III
1072:Carriage variants:
974:
869:AP/CNR (APSV) Mk I
723:
632:and the subsequent
504:David High Velocity
453:on a 30-cwt truck.
2807:SBML 2-inch mortar
2688:QF 2 pdr "Pom-Pom"
2350:QF 5.25-inch Mk II
2289:ML 4.2-inch mortar
2279:SBML 2-inch mortar
2240:240 mm howitzer M1
2230:BL 8-inch howitzer
2210:BL 6-inch howitzer
2188:guns and howitzers
2100:QF 3-inch howitzer
1975:on 7 December 2010
1949:. Presidio Press.
1753:The London Gazette
1716:Bayonetstrength.uk
1258:IDF History Museum
1237:Surviving examples
1128:Cruiser Tank Mk II
1102:
1094:
972:
739:Projectile weight
721:
700:Littlejohn adaptor
675:Second lieutenant
578:
567:
551:
543:
488:Littlejohn adaptor
439:
380:Dunkirk evacuation
275:three-leg platform
149:Vickers-Armstrongs
132:Production history
2835:
2834:
2827:OTO Melara Mod 56
2647:F1 submachine gun
2498:Browning Hi-Power
2445:
2444:
2415:Railway artillery
2401:BL 14-inch Mk VII
2391:BL 8-inch Mk VIII
2386:BL 7.5-inch Mk VI
2345:QF 4.5-inch Mk II
2200:BL 60-pounder gun
2186:Medium and heavy
1907:Anti-Tank Weapons
1524:, 10 March 2019,
1123:Cruiser Tank Mk I
1045:
1044:
970:
969:
914:Practice, tracer
759:Shell AP/T Mk IT
559:point-blank range
477:Light Tank Mk VII
411:anti-aircraft gun
353:
352:
118:Spanish Civil War
16:(Redirected from
2890:
2797:25 pdr field gun
2733:L7 (machine gun)
2703:Vickers–Berthier
2481:Enfield revolver
2449:
2448:
2396:BL 9.2-inch Mk X
2284:ML 3-inch mortar
2172:25-pounder Short
2052:
2045:
2038:
2029:
2028:
2009:
2004:. Archived from
1984:
1982:
1980:
1971:. Archived from
1960:
1943:Hunnicutt, R. P.
1938:
1920:
1901:
1869:
1868:
1866:
1864:
1845:
1839:
1833:
1827:
1821:
1815:
1814:
1798:
1792:
1789:
1783:
1777:
1771:
1764:
1758:
1757:
1744:
1738:
1737:
1732:
1730:
1724:
1713:
1705:
1699:
1693:
1687:
1686:
1670:
1664:
1663:
1662:
1660:
1640:
1634:
1633:
1631:
1629:
1624:on 16 April 2017
1620:. Archived from
1609:
1603:
1602:
1595:
1586:
1580:
1571:
1565:
1554:
1553:
1546:
1537:
1536:
1535:
1533:
1514:
1508:
1505:
1499:
1498:
1496:
1494:
1483:Military Factory
1475:
1466:
1465:
1447:
1441:
1440:
1416:
1406:
1384:
1381:
1375:
1372:
1366:
1351:
1345:
1342:
1248:Collins Barracks
1187:AEC Armoured Car
1162:- Mk I and Mk II
1156:- Marks I to VII
975:
971:
745:Muzzle velocity
724:
720:
677:George Ward Gunn
519:AEC Armoured Car
428:Woolwich Arsenal
376:Battle of France
369:Second World War
336:Feed system
165:
53:
44:
39:
38:
21:
2898:
2897:
2893:
2892:
2891:
2889:
2888:
2887:
2853:40 mm artillery
2848:Field artillery
2838:
2837:
2836:
2831:
2802:Congreve rocket
2789:
2780:
2737:
2656:
2619:Submachine guns
2613:
2562:Martini–Enfield
2542:Brunswick rifle
2511:
2502:
2486:Webley Revolver
2462:
2453:Weapons of the
2446:
2441:
2410:
2406:BL 15-inch Mk I
2354:
2293:
2265:
2244:
2220:155 mm Long Tom
2187:
2181:
2157:75 mm Gun M1917
2145:
2119:
2068:
2056:
2025:
2016:
1992:
1990:Further reading
1987:
1978:
1976:
1963:
1957:
1936:
1917:
1898:
1873:
1872:
1862:
1860:
1847:
1846:
1842:
1834:
1830:
1822:
1818:
1799:
1795:
1790:
1786:
1778:
1774:
1765:
1761:
1745:
1741:
1728:
1726:
1722:
1711:
1707:
1706:
1702:
1694:
1690:
1671:
1667:
1658:
1656:
1641:
1637:
1627:
1625:
1610:
1606:
1597:
1596:
1589:
1581:
1574:
1566:
1557:
1548:
1547:
1540:
1531:
1529:
1516:
1515:
1511:
1506:
1502:
1492:
1490:
1477:
1476:
1469:
1462:
1448:
1444:
1429:
1407:
1403:
1393:
1388:
1387:
1382:
1378:
1373:
1369:
1352:
1348:
1343:
1339:
1334:
1274:
1250:in Dublin City.
1239:
1145:- MkI and Mk II
1086:
1050:
890:
865:
784:Armour-piercing
751:Armour-piercing
719:
682:was earned the
582:Royal Artillery
535:
533:Service history
508:muzzle velocity
423:
252:Semi-automatic
222:
124:
120:
108:
106:
104:
102:
100:
88:In service
83:Service history
67:
56:
42:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
2896:
2886:
2885:
2880:
2875:
2870:
2865:
2860:
2855:
2850:
2833:
2832:
2830:
2829:
2824:
2819:
2814:
2809:
2804:
2799:
2793:
2791:
2782:
2781:
2779:
2778:
2773:
2768:
2763:
2758:
2753:
2747:
2745:
2739:
2738:
2736:
2735:
2730:
2725:
2720:
2715:
2710:
2705:
2700:
2695:
2690:
2685:
2680:
2675:
2670:
2668:Nordenfelt gun
2664:
2662:
2658:
2657:
2655:
2654:
2649:
2644:
2639:
2634:
2629:
2623:
2621:
2615:
2614:
2612:
2611:
2606:
2601:
2596:
2591:
2586:
2583:jungle carbine
2579:
2574:
2569:
2564:
2559:
2554:
2552:Snider–Enfield
2549:
2544:
2539:
2534:
2529:
2527:Ferguson rifle
2524:
2517:
2515:
2504:
2503:
2501:
2500:
2495:
2489:
2483:
2478:
2472:
2470:
2464:
2463:
2455:British Empire
2443:
2442:
2440:
2439:
2434:
2429:
2424:
2418:
2416:
2412:
2411:
2409:
2408:
2403:
2398:
2393:
2388:
2383:
2378:
2373:
2368:
2362:
2360:
2356:
2355:
2353:
2352:
2347:
2342:
2337:
2332:
2327:
2322:
2317:
2312:
2310:20 mm Oerlikon
2307:
2301:
2299:
2295:
2294:
2292:
2291:
2286:
2281:
2275:
2273:
2267:
2266:
2264:
2263:
2258:
2252:
2250:
2246:
2245:
2243:
2242:
2237:
2232:
2227:
2222:
2217:
2212:
2207:
2202:
2197:
2191:
2189:
2183:
2182:
2180:
2179:
2174:
2169:
2164:
2159:
2153:
2151:
2147:
2146:
2144:
2143:
2138:
2133:
2127:
2125:
2124:Anti-tank guns
2121:
2120:
2118:
2117:
2112:
2107:
2102:
2097:
2092:
2087:
2082:
2076:
2074:
2070:
2069:
2055:
2054:
2047:
2040:
2032:
2023:
2022:
2015:
2014:External links
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1782:, p. 496.
1780:Hunnicutt 1994
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1679:WWII Equipment
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747:
746:
743:
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737:
734:
731:
728:
718:
715:
708:High Explosive
684:Victoria Cross
563:Battle of Muar
534:
531:
422:
419:
390:, such as the
351:
350:
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133:
129:
128:
115:
111:
110:
99:United Kingdom
97:
93:
92:
89:
85:
84:
80:
79:
78:United Kingdom
76:
72:
71:
62:
58:
57:
54:
46:
45:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2895:
2884:
2881:
2879:
2876:
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2864:
2861:
2859:
2856:
2854:
2851:
2849:
2846:
2845:
2843:
2828:
2825:
2823:
2822:Stokes mortar
2820:
2818:
2815:
2813:
2810:
2808:
2805:
2803:
2800:
2798:
2795:
2794:
2792:
2787:
2783:
2777:
2774:
2772:
2769:
2767:
2764:
2762:
2759:
2757:
2754:
2752:
2749:
2748:
2746:
2744:
2740:
2734:
2731:
2729:
2726:
2724:
2721:
2719:
2716:
2714:
2711:
2709:
2706:
2704:
2701:
2699:
2696:
2694:
2691:
2689:
2686:
2684:
2681:
2679:
2676:
2674:
2671:
2669:
2666:
2665:
2663:
2659:
2653:
2650:
2648:
2645:
2643:
2640:
2638:
2635:
2633:
2630:
2628:
2625:
2624:
2622:
2620:
2616:
2610:
2607:
2605:
2602:
2600:
2597:
2595:
2592:
2590:
2587:
2584:
2580:
2578:
2575:
2573:
2570:
2568:
2565:
2563:
2560:
2558:
2557:Martini–Henry
2555:
2553:
2550:
2548:
2545:
2543:
2540:
2538:
2535:
2533:
2530:
2528:
2525:
2522:
2519:
2518:
2516:
2514:
2509:
2505:
2499:
2496:
2493:
2492:Enfield No. 2
2490:
2487:
2484:
2482:
2479:
2477:
2474:
2473:
2471:
2469:
2465:
2460:
2456:
2450:
2438:
2435:
2433:
2430:
2428:
2425:
2423:
2420:
2419:
2417:
2413:
2407:
2404:
2402:
2399:
2397:
2394:
2392:
2389:
2387:
2384:
2382:
2379:
2377:
2374:
2372:
2371:QF 12-pounder
2369:
2367:
2364:
2363:
2361:
2359:Coast defence
2357:
2351:
2348:
2346:
2343:
2341:
2338:
2336:
2333:
2331:
2328:
2326:
2323:
2321:
2318:
2316:
2315:20 mm Polsten
2313:
2311:
2308:
2306:
2303:
2302:
2300:
2296:
2290:
2287:
2285:
2282:
2280:
2277:
2276:
2274:
2272:
2268:
2262:
2259:
2257:
2254:
2253:
2251:
2249:Mountain guns
2247:
2241:
2238:
2236:
2233:
2231:
2228:
2226:
2223:
2221:
2218:
2216:
2213:
2211:
2208:
2206:
2203:
2201:
2198:
2196:
2193:
2192:
2190:
2184:
2178:
2175:
2173:
2170:
2168:
2165:
2163:
2162:QF 18-pounder
2160:
2158:
2155:
2154:
2152:
2148:
2142:
2141:QF 17-pounder
2139:
2137:
2134:
2132:
2129:
2128:
2126:
2122:
2116:
2113:
2111:
2108:
2106:
2105:QF 17-pounder
2103:
2101:
2098:
2096:
2093:
2091:
2088:
2086:
2083:
2081:
2078:
2077:
2075:
2071:
2067:
2063:
2060:
2053:
2048:
2046:
2041:
2039:
2034:
2033:
2030:
2026:
2021:
2018:
2017:
2007:
2003:
1999:
1994:
1993:
1974:
1970:
1966:
1962:
1958:
1956:0-89141-080-5
1952:
1948:
1944:
1940:
1937:
1935:9781841766386
1931:
1927:
1922:
1918:
1916:0-668-03505-6
1912:
1908:
1903:
1899:
1897:1-86126-165-9
1893:
1889:
1885:
1881:
1880:
1875:
1874:
1858:
1854:
1850:
1844:
1838:, p. 38.
1837:
1832:
1825:
1820:
1812:
1808:
1804:
1797:
1788:
1781:
1776:
1769:
1763:
1755:
1754:
1749:
1743:
1736:
1721:
1718:, p. 8,
1717:
1710:
1704:
1698:, p. 39.
1697:
1692:
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1676:
1669:
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1615:
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1594:
1592:
1584:
1579:
1577:
1569:
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1560:
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1527:
1523:
1519:
1513:
1504:
1488:
1484:
1480:
1474:
1472:
1463:
1457:
1453:
1446:
1438:
1434:
1430:
1424:
1420:
1415:
1414:
1405:
1401:
1395:
1394:
1380:
1371:
1364:
1360:
1356:
1355:hundredweight
1350:
1341:
1337:
1327:
1324:
1322:
1319:
1317:
1314:
1312:
1309:
1306:
1303:
1301:
1298:
1296:
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1290:
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1231:
1228:
1225:
1222:
1221:
1218:
1215:
1214:
1210:
1207:
1204:
1201:
1199:
1196:
1194:
1191:
1188:
1185:
1184:
1181:
1179:Armoured cars
1178:
1177:
1173:
1170:
1167:
1164:
1161:
1158:
1155:
1152:
1150:
1147:
1144:
1141:
1139:
1136:
1134:
1131:
1129:
1126:
1124:
1121:
1119:
1116:
1114:
1111:
1110:
1107:
1104:
1103:
1098:
1090:
1078:
1075:
1074:
1073:
1067:
1064:
1061:
1058:
1055:
1054:
1053:
1040:
1037:
1034:
1031:
1028:
1027:
1023:
1020:
1017:
1014:
1011:
1010:
1006:
1003:
1000:
997:
994:
993:
976:
965:
963:
959:
955:
952:
949:
947:
944:
941:
938:
935:
934:
930:
927:
924:
922:
919:
916:
913:
912:
908:
905:
902:
899:
896:
893:
888:
887:
883:
880:
877:
874:
871:
868:
864:
861:
860:
856:
853:
850:
847:
844:
842:APCBC/T Mk I
841:
838:
835:
834:
830:
827:
824:
821:
818:
815:
812:
811:
807:
805:
802:
799:
797:
794:
791:
789:
785:
782:
781:
777:
775:
771:
768:
766:
764:
761:
758:
756:
752:
749:
748:
744:
741:
738:
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732:
729:
725:
714:
711:
709:
705:
701:
696:
693:
688:
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285:-13° to +15°
266:Hydro-spring
190: length
145:Manufacturer
122:World War II
96:Used by
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2693:Vickers gun
2678:Gardner gun
2673:Gatling gun
2642:Sterling L2
2572:Lee–Enfield
2567:Lee–Metford
2537:Baker rifle
2340:QF 3.7-inch
1979:18 November
1884:Hogg, I. V.
1748:"No. 35530"
1659:31 December
1363:Fordson WOT
1174:(Australia)
942:HE/T Mk II
733:Shot/shell
166: built
2842:Categories
2786:Field guns
2661:Rapid-fire
2627:Lanchester
2577:Ross rifle
2521:Brown Bess
1824:Henry 2004
1696:Henry 2004
1583:Henry 2004
1493:5 February
1428:0760710228
1391:References
1359:Morris CS8
1244:Irish Army
1092:Matilda II
792:AP/T Mk I
717:Ammunition
692:Home Guard
611:battalions
473:Matilda II
415:Royal Navy
2776:L6 Wombat
2743:Anti-tank
2698:Lewis gun
2683:Maxim gun
2461:1722–1965
2335:QF 3-inch
2305:Z Battery
2073:Tank guns
2062:artillery
978:Distance
939:, tracer
839:, tracer
669:en portee
594:batteries
590:divisions
586:regiments
281:Elevation
232:40Ă—304mmR
158:1936–1944
101:Australia
91:1936–1945
2728:Bren gun
2637:Owen gun
2609:L1A1 SLR
2532:Nock gun
2513:carbines
2494:revolver
2488:Mk. I–VI
2468:Handguns
2457:and the
2110:77 mm HV
2095:QF 75 mm
1945:(1994).
1886:(1998).
1857:Archived
1811:71143143
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1683:Archived
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1272:See also
1168:(Canada)
1048:Variants
619:Far East
615:platoons
496:tungsten
471:and the
291:Traverse
272:Carriage
155:Produced
137:Designed
109:Malaysia
65:Tank gun
2878:Vickers
2271:Mortars
1628:17 June
816:APHV/T
774:Lyddite
742:Filler
603:company
599:brigade
561:in the
460:or the
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238:Calibre
105:Germany
103:Ireland
2790:others
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2508:Rifles
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661:German
592:(four
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349:No.24b
346:Sights
261:Recoil
248:Breech
206:Height
188:Barrel
169:12,000
2723:Besal
1723:(PDF)
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1396:Notes
1332:Notes
1166:Ram I
1105:Tanks
946:Shell
897:Shot
872:Shot
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763:Shell
727:Type
228:Shell
198:Width
107:Egypt
2756:PIAT
2718:Besa
2632:Sten
1981:2014
1951:ISBN
1930:ISBN
1911:ISBN
1892:ISBN
1865:2019
1807:OCLC
1770:1956
1731:2021
1661:2022
1630:2023
1570:1938
1534:2021
1507:Boyd
1495:2013
1456:ISBN
1433:OCLC
1423:ISBN
1361:and
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396:Axis
355:The
295:360°
214:Crew
179:Mass
140:1936
114:Wars
61:Type
2064:of
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