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The BL 7.2-inch howitzer was usually employed in two four-gun batteries (alongside two four-gun batteries equipped with the 155 mm Long Tom) of "Heavy" regiments of Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) units, providing heavy fire support for British and Commonwealth troops. The Mk 6 remained in British Army service until the early 1960s. [2][3][8]
Category. : World War II artillery of the United Kingdom. Artillery systems developed by the United Kingdom during the World War II era (1920-1945). Wikimedia Commons has media related to World War II artillery of the United Kingdom.
Green beret [4] - worn by British Commandos. Maroon beret [5] - from 1942 by airborne units. Tan beret [6] - Special Air Service from 1942 till 1944. Black beret [7] - by armoured units, including the Royal Tank Corps from 1924. Service Dress [8] - the field uniform at the start of the war until replaced by battledress.
Muzzle velocity. 198 to 532 m/s (650 to 1,750 ft/s) Maximum firing range. 12,253 m (13,400 yd) (HE shell) Sights. Calibrating & reciprocating. 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.
Army 20 cm rocket: Japanese 200 mm artillery rocket. BL 4.5 inch: British 114 mm gun. BL 5.5 inch: British 140 mm gun. BL 7.2 inch: British 183 mm howitzer. BL 60 pounder: British 127 mm gun. Bofors 37 mm: Swedish 37 mm light antitank gun. Bofors 40 mm gun: Swedish 40 mm antiaircraft gun.
Browning M2 – heavy machine gun, mounted on many lend-lease vehicles. Besa machine gun – in 7.92mm BESA and 15mm BESA forms used as armament on British-built tanks and armoured cars only. Vickers-Berthier – light machine gun adopted by British Indian Army before the war, and used until replaced by Bren guns around 1942.
World War II artillery of the United Kingdom (1 C, 33 P) Pages in category "Artillery of the United Kingdom" ... Gas-checks in British RML heavy guns;
Dover Strait coastal guns. The Dover Strait coastal guns were long-range coastal artillery batteries that were sited on both sides of the English Channel during the Second World War. The British built several gun positions along the coast of Kent, England while the Germans fortified the Pas-de-Calais in occupied France.