The Ordnance quick-firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, [note 1] or just 6-pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, serving during the Second World War as a primary anti-tank gun of both the British and United States Army (as the 57 mm gun M1). It was also used as the main armament for a number of armoured fighting vehicles.

6-pounder gun or 6-pdr, usually denotes a 57-millimetre (2.2 in) gun firing a projectile weighing approximately 6 pounds (2.7 kg). Guns of this type include: QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss, a 57 mm naval gun of the 1880s; a similar weapon was designed by Driggs-Schroeder for the US Navy

The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light 57 mm naval guns introduced in 1885 to defend against new, small and fast vessels such as torpedo boats and later submarines. Many variants were produced, often under license, which ranged in length from 40 to 58 calibres, with 40 ...

Maxim-Nordenfelt 6-pdr. modified into a saluting gun. This gun is now at Brazilian Square in Rio Grande do Sul State. Photograph copyrighted by Eduardo M R A Moreira who is looking for the history of this weapon. 6-pdr. aboard USS Oregon around 1898.

Built up to full calibre by 4 piece light alloy sabot discarded at the muzzle on firing. The 6 pounder Anti-Tank Gun entered service at the end of 1941. It served throughout the war with the RA alongside the 17 pdr later on.

6-pdr on submarine H2 off La Spezzia following a refit in 1917. The officer in his shirt-sleeves is a Canadian. This gun was one of those removed from obsolescent battleships at the beginning of the war for use on patrol craft. The mounting was manufactured in 1915 by the dockyard at Malta and its extemporized nature is obvious.

2009年1月1日 · The 6 Pounder was designed primarily as an anti-tank gun but the tank version only differed in having a lug on the breech ring and the first guns produced were intended to be mounted on tanks.

2017年5月2日 · The QF 6-pdr Mk 5 was a tank gun variant of the Mk 4 artillery production model. The Molins Class M was a conversion that mated the 6-pdr gun with an automatic loader and fitted onto navy ships and aircraft frames for devastating repeating fire.

In 1944, the QF 6-pdr was the first gun in the world to fire Armor Piercing (APDS) projectiles for increased penetration values. Unlike the QF 2-pdr, a high-explosive round was developed for the QF 6-pdr, which works well against strong fortifications and enemy massings.

The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, or just 6 pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, their primary anti-tank gun during the middle of World War II, as well as the main armament for a number of armoured fighting vehicles. It was first used in …