The Ordnance QF 25-pounder or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr was the major British field gun and howitzer during World War II. It was introduced into service just before the war started combining high-angle and direct-fire relatively high rates of fire and a reasonably lethal shell in a highly mobile piece. It remained the British Army’s primary artillery field piece well into the 1960s with smaller numbers serving in training units until the 1980s.
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height (cm)
1.16
length (km)
4.6
weight (kg)
1.633e+06
width (mm)
2.13
origin
United Kingdom
type
Howitzer, Field gun
used in war
Korean War, World War II, Malayan Emergency, Rhodesian Bush War, Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Dhofar Rebellion, Sri Lankan Civil War, South African Border War
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