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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 ...
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.
A Bishop 25-pdr SP gun in North Africa. On 26 February 1943 the Germans launched a series of counter-attacks ( Operation Ochsenkopf ) against First Army. There was hard fighting in the 'Hunt's Gap' area between Maj-Gen Friedrich Weber 's Korpsgruppe Weber and 128th (Hampshire) Brigade of 46th Infantry Division , commanded by Brig Manley James ...
Archer was a powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun on Valentine chassis Bishop was a 25-pounder gun mounted on a Valentine chassis. 25-pdr SP, tracked, Sexton; Self Propelled 17pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer; 3inch Self Propelled M10 – Gun Motor Carriage M10, provided under lend-lease from America. 17pdr Self propelled M10C – M10 rearmed with 17 ...
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 "Priest" by the British, as part of its superstructure was said to resemble a priest's pulpit.
The option has been a consistent weapon for both players entering Friday night's Division IV, Region 15 semifinal against Columbus Bishop Hartley. The game will be played at 7 p.m. at Newark High ...
25-Pounder gun and Morris C8 Quad on exercise in 1941. Fourteen officers and 287 men (out of an establishment of 580) returned from Dunkirk to reform the regiment. [5] [6] After Dunkirk, the priority was the defence of the United Kingdom from the expected invasion; and so there was urgent pressure for the 140th Field Regiment to reform.
According to the Elk Grove Police Department, officers were called about 2 p.m. Sunday to a report by Brandyn Scott Bishop, 25, in which he said he was robbed at gunpoint by two suspects, ...