• standardised on the 30-pounder calibre, replacing both the 24-pounders and 18-pounders in many usages. The 30-pounder short gun was installed on the...
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    system standardised on the 30-pounder calibre, replacing both the 36-pounder long guns in their usages, and even some 24-pounders. Installed on the lower...
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    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...
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  • 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:...
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    The Ordnance QF 18-pounder, or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era. It formed the backbone of the...
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    The Ordnance BL 60-pounder was a British 5-inch (127 mm) heavy field gun designed in 1903–05 to provide a new capability that had been partially met by...
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    Crimean War where the 68-pounder was used extensively during the Siege of Sevastopol. Along with 32-pounders and Lancaster guns they were taken from their...
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    Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, 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...
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    The Ordnance BL 15-pounder, otherwise known as the 15-pounder 7 cwt, was the British Army's field gun in the Second Boer War and some remained in limited...
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    120 mm BAT recoilless rifle. As a tank gun, it was succeeded by the 84 mm 20 pounder. Before the QF 6-pounder had entered service, the British predicted...
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