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2. Ordnance QF 25-pounder - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Sexton (artillery) - Wikipedia

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   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

4. Bishop (artillery) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. British standard ordnance weights and measurements - Wikipedia

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   15- pounder (multiple types) Field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 17- pounder: Anti-tank gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 18- pounder: Field gun 83.8 mm 3.3 inch Ordnance QF 20-pounder: Tank gun 83.8 mm 3.3 inch Ordnance QF 25-pounder: Gun-howitzer 87.6 mm 3.45 inch Ordnance QF 32-pounder: Tank gun 94 mm 3.7 inch Ordnance QF 60-pounder: Heavy ...

6. Limbers and caissons - Wikipedia

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   Horse artillery—rows of limbers and caissons, each pulled by teams of six horses with three postilion riders and an escort on horseback (1933, Poland). A limber is a two-wheeled cart designed to support the trail of an artillery piece, or the stock of a field carriage such as a caisson or traveling forge, allowing it to be towed.

7. List of howitzers - Wikipedia

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   Ordnance QF 25-pounder gun-howitzer United Kingdom: 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 ...