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. It was introduced into service just …

The 25-pounder remained the standard British divisional field gun until 1967, but the type saw service in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, in the Middle East in 1973 and was still in widespread use in the mid-1970s. This example, a Mark II Gun on a Mark I Carriage, served with the 11th Field Regiment in North Africa.

Intended to replace both the 18-pdr field gun and the 4.5 inch howitzer, which had been important weapons during the First World War, the 25-pdr resulted from the desire to design a gun which could combine the “high angle fire of a howitzer and the flat trajectory fire of a field gun”. The first 25-pdrs were made by relining existing 18 ...

The Ordnance QF 25 pounder field guns, also known as 25-pdr field guns, were designed to replace the 18-pdr field guns and 4.5-inch howitzers predecessors. They were designed in the 1930s with the tight budget, and they entered service in teh late 1930s. A standard crew of a 25-pdr field gun consisted of four or five men, usually leading by a ...

Shell weight: 11.5 kg (25 lb) (HE including fuze) • Major British field gun and howitzer during the Second World War. • Introduced into service just before the war started • Combining both high-angle and direct-fire abilities, a relatively high rate of fire, and a …

The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply, 25-pounder or 25-pdr, was introduced into service just before World War II, during which it served as the major British field gun/howitzer. Combining high rates of fire with a reasonably lethal shell in a highly mobile piece, it was the British Army's primary artillery field piece well into the 1960s, with smaller numbers serving in training units ...

2009年1月1日 · The modification of the gun consisted of lining it to 3.45" calibre and the carriage was pneumatised, a new buffer value and new sighting gear were also provided. The gun design was firm by the summer of 1936 and the carriage by the spring of 1938. There were two marks of the Quick Firing 25pdr. The Mk I was the converted 18pdr, the Mk II new ...

2019年7月28日 · The gun was compact enough to take nearly anywhere, was a lethal last-ditch anti-tank gun, could throw a huge weight, and was pretty accurate. Generations of gunners swear by it which is enough for me. A huge effort went into the 105mm light gun as a replacement which many believe could have been achieved by improving the 25pdr. Longer barrel ...

Trials and modifications continued post war with trials for the gun to be parachuated and guns, both modified and unmodified were used in several theatres in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. The 25 Pdr was eventually replaced by the 4.2” mortar in the late 1950s and then the 105mm Pack Howitzer. Calibre. 87.6mm. Weight. 1633Kg (3600 Ibs ...

progressively modified. Self propelled versions of the gun were also developed: • The Bishop developed by Britain using the Valentine tank chassis. 149 of this gun were built from late 1941. Its high silhouette, slow speed and restricted elevation (15: 0) which limited its range to 6400 yards saw it replaced when the M7 Priest (105mm) US SP gun