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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.
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 Ordnance QF 20-pounder: Tank gun 83.8 mm 3.3 inch Ordnance QF 25-pounder: Gun-howitzer 87.6 mm 3.45 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Known officially as the "Ordnance, Quick Firing 25-pounder Mark I on Carriage 18-pr Mark IV", or "Ordnance, Quick Firing 25-pounder Mark I on Carriage 18-pr Mark V" and commonly called the "18/25-pounder". The Mark I was a 25-pounder barrel and breech in the modified jacket of an 18-pounder gun, as a 'loose liner'. The jacket provided the ...
QF 15-pounder gun; QF 18-pounder gun; R. RBL 20-pounder Armstrong gun This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 04:33 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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 ...
The gun was ideal for defending against small fast vessels such as torpedo boats and was immediately adopted by the RN as the "Ordnance QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss". [2] It was built under licence by Elswick Ordnance Company. The Royal Navy introduced the QF 4.7-inch in HMS Sharpshooter in 1889, and the QF 6-inch MK 1 in HMS Royal Sovereign ...