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The Ordnance QF 18-pounder, [note 3] or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era. It formed the backbone of the Royal Field Artillery during the war, and was produced in large numbers. It was used by British Forces in all the main theatres, and by British troops in Russia in 1919.
The gun fired a 1.2-pound (0.54 kg) high-explosive shell at 800 feet (244 meters) per second; it also could fire an armour-piercing round at 1,000 feet (305 meters) per second. The gun ' s 40x79R cartridge was a shortened version of the naval 40x158R anti-aircraft cartridge, with the shell case reduced from 158 mm (6.22 inches) to 79 mm (3.11 ...
40mm Bofors guns in Greece 1940 QF 3.7 inch Heavy anti-aircraft gun set up for firing. QF 3-inch 20 cwt; Oerlikon 20 mm cannon-light anti-aircraft gun; 20 mm Polsten – lower cost development of Oerlikon; 40 mm Bofors; QF 3.7 inch AA gun; QF 4.5-inch Mark I to Mark V; QF 5.25-inch gun; Z Battery; Unrotated Projectile, including "fast aerial ...
Ordnance BL 10-pounder Mountain gun: Mountain gun 69.8 mm 2.75 inch 12-pounder (multiple types) Light field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch Ordnance QF 13-pounder: Light field gun 76.2 mm 3 inch 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 ...
QF 12-pounder 8 cwt gun United Kingdom: Second Boer War, World War I: 76.2: QF 13-pounder gun United Kingdom: World War I 76.2: BL 15 pounder 7 cwt gun United Kingdom: Second Boer War, World War I: 76.2: BLC 15-pounder gun United Kingdom: World War I 76.2: QF 15-pounder Mk.I The Ehrhardt German Empire: World War I 76.2: 3-inch M1902 field gun ...
Bren Gun (various marks) Inglis, Toronto: 510: 600.303 British (7.7×56mmR) 1939: 599000: 10.35 kg: replacement for Lewis gun Lewis gun (standard model; U.S. version; Automatic Ship's Lewis Gun) 550: 800.303 British (7.7×56mmR) or .30/06: 1917? 13 kg: occasional AA gun, limited production during World War II Vickers machine gun (various marks ...
It is sometimes included in the name of a gun to differentiate it from other guns of the same calibre or weight of shot. For example, the QF 12-pounder 18 cwt naval gun is a different (and heavier) weapon than the QF 12-pounder 8-cwt Mk I naval gun, though they both fire shells of the same approximate weight (12 pounds (5.4 kg)).
The US decided early in World War I to switch from 3-inch (76 mm) to 75 mm calibre for its field guns. Its preferred gun for re-equipment was the French 75 mm Model of 1897, but early attempts to produce it in the US using US commercial mass-production techniques failed, partly due to delays in obtaining necessary French plans, and then their being incomplete or inaccurate, and partly because ...