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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%BE_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%81_%DB%B2%DB%B5-%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="توپ کیواف ۲۵-پوندر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="توپ کیواف ۲۵-پوندر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25_pounder" title="Ordnance QF 25 pounder – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ordnance QF 25 pounder" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25_lb" title="Ordnance QF 25 lb – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" 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href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_25%E3%83%9D%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E7%A0%B2" title="QF 25ポンド砲 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="QF 25ポンド砲" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haubicoarmata_25-funtowa" title="Haubicoarmata 25-funtowa – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Haubicoarmata 25-funtowa" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/25-%D1%84%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="25-фунтовая пушка-гаубица – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="25-фунтовая пушка-гаубица" data-language-autonym="Русский" 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vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hproduct" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="fn org"> Ordnance QF 25-pounder </span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:25_Pounder_Gun.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/25_Pounder_Gun.JPG/300px-25_Pounder_Gun.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/25_Pounder_Gun.JPG/450px-25_Pounder_Gun.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/25_Pounder_Gun.JPG/600px-25_Pounder_Gun.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ordnance QF 25-pounder gun mounted on its firing platform in Dundas, Hamilton, Canada</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Field_gun" title="Field gun">Field gun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gun-howitzer" title="Gun-howitzer">gun-howitzer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In service</th><td class="infobox-data">1940–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Used by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="#Users">See users</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Indonesian_National_Revolution" title="Indonesian National Revolution">Indonesian National Revolution</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Indochina_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Indochina War">Indochina War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947">Indo-Pakistani War of 1947</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/1948_Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_War" title="1948 Arab–Israeli War">1948 Arab–Israeli War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Second Arab–Israeli War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" 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War">Iran–Iraq War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War" title="Lebanese Civil War">Lebanese Civil War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan civil war</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Civil_War_(2014%E2%80%932017)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)">Iraqi Civil War</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Production history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Designed</th><td class="infobox-data">1930s</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Ordnance" title="Royal Ordnance">Royal Ordnance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Variants</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="#Variants">See variants</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Specifications (Mk II on Carriage Mk I)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">1,633 kg (3,600 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) <br />muzzle to towing eye</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Gun_barrel" title="Gun barrel">Barrel</a> length</th><td class="infobox-data">2.47 m (8 ft 1 in) (28 calibres)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">2.13 m (7 ft) <br />at wheel hubs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.16 m (3 ft 10 in) <br />trunnion height</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Crew</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)" title="Shell (projectile)">Shell</a></th><td class="infobox-data">88 x 292mm R<br />High explosive<br />Anti-tank<br />Smoke<br />HESH<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)" title="Shell (projectile)">Shell</a> weight</th><td class="infobox-data">11.5 kg (25 lb) (HE including fuze)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">Calibre</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3.45 in (87.63 mm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Breech-loading_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Breech-loading weapon">Breech</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Vertical <a href="/wiki/Rifled_breech_loader#The_sliding_block" title="Rifled breech loader">sliding-block</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Recoil" title="Recoil">Recoil</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hydraulic_recoil_mechanism" title="Hydraulic recoil mechanism">Hydro-pneumatic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Elevation_(ballistics)" title="Elevation (ballistics)">Elevation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">-5° to 45°<br />(80° with dial sight adapter and digging trail pit or wheel mounds)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Gun_laying" title="Gun laying">Traverse</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4° Left & Right (top traverse)<br />360° (platform)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Rate_of_fire" title="Rate of fire">Rate of fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Gunfire, 6–8 rpm<br />Intense, 5 rpm<br />Rapid, 4 rpm<br />Normal, 3 rpm<br />Slow, 2 rpm<br />Very slow, 1 rpm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Muzzle_velocity" title="Muzzle velocity">Muzzle velocity</a></th><td class="infobox-data">198 to 532 m/s (650 to 1,750 ft/s)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Maximum firing range</th><td class="infobox-data">12,253 m (13,400 yd) (HE shell)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Sights</th><td class="infobox-data">Calibrating & reciprocating</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ordnance QF 25-pounder</b>, or more simply <b>25-pounder</b> or <b>25-pdr</b>, with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6 mm), was a piece of field artillery used by British and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> forces in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. Durable, easy to operate and versatile,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was the most produced and used British <a href="/wiki/Field_gun" title="Field gun">field gun</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gun-howitzer" title="Gun-howitzer">gun-howitzer</a> during the war. </p><p>It was introduced into service just before the War started and combined both high-angle and direct-fire abilities, a relatively high rate of fire, and a reasonably lethal shell, with a highly mobile piece. Initial production was slow, but by 1945, over 12,000 had been manufactured. It remained the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>'s primary <a href="/wiki/Artillery" title="Artillery">artillery</a> field piece well into the 1960s, with smaller numbers used in training units until the 1980s. Many Commonwealth countries used theirs in active or reserve service until about the 1970s, and ammunition for the weapon is currently (2020s) being produced by <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Ordnance_Factories" title="Pakistan Ordnance Factories">Pakistan Ordnance Factories</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The design was the result of extended studies looking to replace the <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_18_pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance QF 18 pounder">18-pounder</a> (3.3-inch (84 mm) bore) field gun and the <a href="/wiki/QF_4.5_inch_Howitzer" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4.5 inch Howitzer">4.5-inch howitzer</a> (114.3 mm bore), which had been the main field artillery piece during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. The basic idea was to build one weapon with the high velocity of the 18-pounder and the variable propelling charges of the howitzer, firing a shell about halfway between the two in size, around 3.5–4.0 inches (89–102 mm) of about 30 pounds (14 kg). </p><p>Development during the inter-war period was severely hampered by a lack of money and it was eventually decided to build a new design from existing 18-pounders by converting barrels but designing a new barrel and carriage for production when funds were available. The result was a 3.45 inches (87.6 mm) weapon firing a shell weighing 25 pounds (11.3 kg). It was mounted on late model 18-pounder carriages. One of these used a circular firing platform and this was adopted for the new guns. The firing platform was attached to the gun and when lowered the gun was pulled onto it. This platform transferred most of the recoil forces to the ground, instead of using the spade at the end of the trail, making the gun very stable when firing. It also provided a smooth flat surface for the carriage to rotate on using the road wheels, this enabled the gunners to traverse the carriage quickly in any direction. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H20971.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H20971.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H20971.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H20971.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H20971.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H20971.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H20971.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="1748" /></a><figcaption>A 25-pounder field gun and <a href="/wiki/Limbers_and_caissons" title="Limbers and caissons">limber</a>, towed by a <a href="/wiki/Morris_C8" title="Morris C8">Morris Commercial "Quad"</a>, crossing a pontoon bridge at Slaght Bridge in <a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">Antrim</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, 26 June 1942</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA20531.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA20531.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA20531.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA20531.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA20531.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA20531.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_Italy_1944_NA20531.jpg 2x" data-file-width="797" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>A 25-pounder with its wheels elevated on ammunition boxes for an extremely high angle of fire, San Clemente, Italy 2 December 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>Unlike the 18-pounder, the 25-pounder used howitzer-type variable-charge ammunition. The 25-pounder was separate-loading; the shell was loaded and rammed, then the cartridge in its brass case was loaded and the breech closed. In British terminology, the 25-pounder was called <a href="/wiki/British_ordnance_terms#QF" class="mw-redirect" title="British ordnance terms">"quick firing" (QF)</a>, originally because the cartridge case provided rapid loading compared with bag charges, and was automatically released when the breech was opened. </p><p>The use of separate shell and cartridge allowed the charge to be changed for different ranges. For the Mk 1 Ordnance on an 18-pounder carriage there were three "charges", charges one, two and three, all of which could be used in the common cartridge design. The Mk 2 Ordnance on Mk 1 carriage added a "super" charge in a different cartridge. In 1943 a separately bagged "increment" charge was added; used with the Super it provided higher velocity for anti-tank use. The introduction of the increment to super was only possible following the addition of the <a href="/wiki/Muzzle-brake" class="mw-redirect" title="Muzzle-brake">muzzle-brake</a> in the previous year. Subsequently, another type of increment was introduced to be added to charges one and two to provide additional combinations for use in high angle fire. However, this fire required a dial sight adaptor, removal of the platform and some excavation of the ground. </p><p>In common with all British guns of the period the indirect fire sight was "calibrating". This meant that the range, not elevation angle, was set on the sight. The sight compensated for the difference in the gun's muzzle velocities from standard. The gun was also fitted with a direct-fire telescope for use with armour-piercing shot. It also used "one-man laying" in accordance with normal British practice. </p><p>An important part of the gun was the ammunition trailer ("trailer, artillery, No 27"). The gun was hooked to it and the trailer hooked to the tractor for towing. The gun did not need a limber<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and could be hooked directly to a tractor. The trailer provided the brakes as only a hand-brake was fitted to the gun carriage. The trailer carried ammunition; thirty-two rounds in trays (two rounds per tray) in the trailer protected by two doors. Ammunition was also carried in the gun tractor with the detachment and various gun stores. Some stores, such as sights, were carried cased on the gun. Each section (two guns) had a third tractor that carried ammunition and towed two ammunition trailers. </p><p>The normal gun detachment comprised six men: </p> <ul><li>No 1 – detachment commander (a sergeant)</li> <li>No 2 – operated the breech and rammed the shell</li> <li>No 3 – layer</li> <li>No 4 – loader</li> <li>No 5 – ammunition</li> <li>No 6 – ammunition, normally the "coverer" – second in command and responsible for ammunition preparation and operating the fuze indicator</li></ul> <p>The official "reduced detachment" was four men. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many different companies manufactured the guns and component parts in the UK. <a href="/wiki/Vickers-Armstrongs" title="Vickers-Armstrongs">Vickers-Armstrongs</a> in Scotswood, <a href="/wiki/Baker_Perkins" title="Baker Perkins">Baker Perkins</a> in Peterborough and <a href="/wiki/Weir_Group" title="Weir Group">Weirs</a> in Glasgow were some of the most significant. The various Royal Ordnance factories produced most of the ordnance components. In Canada, Sorel Industries built complete guns and provided the ordnance for fitting to the <a href="/wiki/Sexton_(artillery)" title="Sexton (artillery)">Sexton</a>. Australia also built complete guns, choosing to weld the carriages rather than rivet, as was the practice in the UK and Canada. In all, over 13,000 were made worldwide. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ammunition">Ammunition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ammunition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:25_pounder_base_charges_diagrams.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/25_pounder_base_charges_diagrams.jpg/170px-25_pounder_base_charges_diagrams.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="247" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/25_pounder_base_charges_diagrams.jpg/255px-25_pounder_base_charges_diagrams.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/25_pounder_base_charges_diagrams.jpg/340px-25_pounder_base_charges_diagrams.jpg 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="1406" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Normal cartridge arrangements</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The 25-pounder fired "separate" or two-part ammunition – the projectile was loaded separately from the propelling charge in its (usually brass) cartridge case with its integral primer. Typically for a quick-firing gun, the cartridge case provided <a href="/wiki/Obturation" title="Obturation">obturation</a>. </p><p>There were two types of cartridge. The normal cartridge contained three cloth charge bags (coloured red, white and blue). White or blue bags would be removed from the cartridge to give "charge one" or "charge two", leaving all three bags in the cartridge case gave "charge three". The cartridge case was closed at the top with a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leatherboard&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leatherboard (page does not exist)">leatherboard</a> cup. The second type of cartridge was "super", which provided one charge only. The cup could not be removed from the cartridge case. In 1943, an incremental charge of 5.5 oz (160 g) of cordite ("super-plus") was introduced to raise the muzzle velocity when firing <a href="/wiki/Armor-piercing" class="mw-redirect" title="Armor-piercing">armour-piercing</a> shot with charge super; this required a <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_brake" title="Muzzle brake">muzzle brake</a> to be fitted.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adoption of "upper-register" (high-angle) fire needed more charges to improve the range overlap. This led to the development of the "intermediate increment" of 4oz cordite, which was introduced in 1944. The bags were striped red and white to indicate that they should only be used with charges one and two. When one bag was used with charge 1 it provided charge 1/2. When one was added to charge 2 it provided charge 2 1/3, and two bags, charge 2 2/3. This allowed a range of seven different charges instead of four.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QF_25_pounder_Ammunition-001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/QF_25_pounder_Ammunition-001.jpg/220px-QF_25_pounder_Ammunition-001.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/QF_25_pounder_Ammunition-001.jpg/330px-QF_25_pounder_Ammunition-001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/QF_25_pounder_Ammunition-001.jpg/440px-QF_25_pounder_Ammunition-001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Display of 25-pounder shells and cases. Left to right: smoke, armour-piercing (pre-1955 UK markings), HE (RDX/TNT, strange markings), HE (Amatol, pre-1955 UK markings), smoke (pre-1955 UK markings). Although some shells are shown in the cases, the shell and the case were separate items.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gunners_of_%27E%27_Troop,_124_Battery,_151st_Field_Regiment_filling_25-pdr_shells_with_propaganda_leaflets,_Roermond,_Holland,_24_January_1945._B14123.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Gunners_of_%27E%27_Troop%2C_124_Battery%2C_151st_Field_Regiment_filling_25-pdr_shells_with_propaganda_leaflets%2C_Roermond%2C_Holland%2C_24_January_1945._B14123.jpg/220px-Gunners_of_%27E%27_Troop%2C_124_Battery%2C_151st_Field_Regiment_filling_25-pdr_shells_with_propaganda_leaflets%2C_Roermond%2C_Holland%2C_24_January_1945._B14123.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Gunners_of_%27E%27_Troop%2C_124_Battery%2C_151st_Field_Regiment_filling_25-pdr_shells_with_propaganda_leaflets%2C_Roermond%2C_Holland%2C_24_January_1945._B14123.jpg/330px-Gunners_of_%27E%27_Troop%2C_124_Battery%2C_151st_Field_Regiment_filling_25-pdr_shells_with_propaganda_leaflets%2C_Roermond%2C_Holland%2C_24_January_1945._B14123.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Gunners_of_%27E%27_Troop%2C_124_Battery%2C_151st_Field_Regiment_filling_25-pdr_shells_with_propaganda_leaflets%2C_Roermond%2C_Holland%2C_24_January_1945._B14123.jpg/440px-Gunners_of_%27E%27_Troop%2C_124_Battery%2C_151st_Field_Regiment_filling_25-pdr_shells_with_propaganda_leaflets%2C_Roermond%2C_Holland%2C_24_January_1945._B14123.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1803" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> gunners fill 25-pounder shells with propaganda leaflets. <a href="/wiki/Roermond" title="Roermond">Roermond</a>, The Netherlands, January 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>There were many marks of cartridge, mostly differentiated by propellant type. Double-base propellant (<a href="/wiki/Nitrocellulose" title="Nitrocellulose">nitrocellulose</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nitroglycerine" class="mw-redirect" title="Nitroglycerine">nitroglycerine</a>) was the UK standard but one mark used US single-base (nitrocellulose only). However, triple-base nitrocellulose/nitroglycerine/<a href="/wiki/Nitroguanidine" title="Nitroguanidine">picrite</a> was used throughout the war and eventually replaced all others.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 25-pounder's main ammunition was the high-explosive (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_ordnance_terms#HE" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British ordnance terms">HE</a>) streamlined shell with a 5/10 CRH <a href="/wiki/Ogive" title="Ogive">ogive</a> and <a href="/wiki/External_ballistics#General_trends_in_drag_or_ballistic_coefficient" title="External ballistics">boat tail</a>. The explosive filling was 1.824 lb (0.827 kg) of TNT or Amatol.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also provided with base ejection smoke (white and coloured), star shells, and <a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)#Chemical" title="Shell (projectile)">chemical shells</a>. Incendiary and coloured flare shells were developed but not introduced into service, and smoke shells were sometimes reloaded with propaganda leaflets or metal foil "<a href="/wiki/Chaff_(radar_countermeasure)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaff (radar countermeasure)">window</a>". The UK did not develop a <a href="/wiki/WP_smoke_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="WP smoke shell">WP smoke shell</a> for the 25-pounder. </p><p>For anti-tank use, the 25-pounder was also supplied with a limited amount of 20 pounds (9.1 kg) <a href="/wiki/Armor-piercing_shot_and_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Armor-piercing shot and shell">solid armour-piercing (AP) shot</a>, later replaced with a more potent version with a <a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)#Armor-piercing_shells" title="Shell (projectile)">ballistic cap</a> (APBC). The AP shot was fired with maximum charge, charge No. 3, super, or super with Super increment depending on the ordnance mark, as muzzle velocity was critical in direct fire for penetration and a flat trajectory. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Shaped_charge" title="Shaped charge">shaped charge</a> anti-tank shell was under development in Canada, but the introduction of the three-inch (76.2 mm) calibre <a href="/wiki/QF_17-pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 17-pounder">QF 17-pounder</a>, an anti-tank gun, in 1944 ended its development. After the Second World War, the UK replaced AP shot with a <a href="/wiki/High_explosive_squash_head" class="mw-redirect" title="High explosive squash head">HESH</a> shell. Coloured marker shells (dye and PETN) were also developed but not introduced. </p><p>The standard fuze was No 117 direct action (DA). No 119 (DA and graze) was also used. Combustion or mechanical time fuzes were used with base ejection shells and mechanical time with graze were used with HE. <a href="/wiki/Proximity_fuze" title="Proximity fuze">Proximity fuzes</a> were used from the end of 1944 and subsequently replaced by CVT fuzes. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="British_service">British service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: British service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2-8_Field_Regt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/2-8_Field_Regt.jpg/220px-2-8_Field_Regt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/2-8_Field_Regt.jpg/330px-2-8_Field_Regt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/2-8_Field_Regt.jpg/440px-2-8_Field_Regt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="484" /></a><figcaption>An Australian 25-pounder at <a href="/wiki/El_Alamein" title="El Alamein">El Alamein</a> in July 1942</figcaption></figure> <p>The 25-pounder was the main field artillery weapon used by <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Commonwealth</a> and colonial infantry and armoured divisions of all types during the Second World War. It was also used by the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a> in North Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the war, each British-pattern infantry division was established with 72 25-pounders, in three field artillery regiments. Armoured divisions were eventually standardised with two field artillery regiments, one of which was self-propelled (see below). Before mid-1940, each regiment had two batteries of twelve guns; after that date, regiments changed to batteries of eight guns and added a third battery, a process that was not completed until early 1943. In the late 1950s, the British Army reverted to batteries of six guns. Field artillery regiments had two batteries of 25-pounders and one of <a href="/wiki/BL_5.5_inch_Medium_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun">5.5 inch guns</a>. </p><p>The early 18- and 25-pounders had been towed in the field by the <a href="/wiki/Morris_CDSW" title="Morris CDSW">Morris CDSW</a> or the earlier <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Light_Dragon" title="Vickers Light Dragon">Vickers Light Dragon</a> Mk. III, a tracked vehicle derived from the Vickers DA50 which was also the basis of the Bren or <a href="/wiki/Universal_Carrier" title="Universal Carrier">Universal Carrier</a>. Throughout most of the Second World War, the 25-pounder was normally towed, with its limber, behind a 4×4 field artillery tractor called a <a href="/wiki/Morris_C8" title="Morris C8">"quad"</a>. These were manufactured by Morris, Guy and Karrier in England, and, in greater numbers, as the <a href="/wiki/CMP_FAT" title="CMP FAT">Canadian Military Pattern field artillery tractor</a> by Ford and Chevrolet in Canada. In the 1950s, the British Army replaced the various "quads" with a new Bedford three-ton gun tower fitted with a specialist body. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:25pdrgunedincastle.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/25pdrgunedincastle.JPG/220px-25pdrgunedincastle.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/25pdrgunedincastle.JPG/330px-25pdrgunedincastle.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/25pdrgunedincastle.JPG/440px-25pdrgunedincastle.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Gunner's view; 25-pounder on display at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Castle" title="Edinburgh Castle">Edinburgh Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1941, the British Army improvised a self-propelled 25-pounder named the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(artillery)" title="Bishop (artillery)">Bishop</a>, on the chassis of the <a href="/wiki/Valentine_tank" title="Valentine tank">Valentine tank</a>. This mount proved unsatisfactory and the Bishops were replaced in 1942 by the American <a href="/wiki/M7_Priest" title="M7 Priest">M7 Priest</a>, which did not use the 25-Pounder complicating the supply of ammunition in the field. The Priests were replaced in 1944 by the <a href="/wiki/Sexton_(artillery)" title="Sexton (artillery)">Sexton</a>, which used the 25-Pounder. The Sexton was designed, and mostly manufactured, in Canada (some two thirds of the ordnance and mountings were imported from the UK due to limited Canadian production capacity) and was the result of mounting a 25-pounder on a <a href="/wiki/Ram_tank" title="Ram tank">Ram</a> or <a href="/wiki/Grizzly_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Grizzly tank">Grizzly</a> tank chassis. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bermuda_Regiment_25_Pounder_Field_Gun.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Bermuda_Regiment_25_Pounder_Field_Gun.png/220px-Bermuda_Regiment_25_Pounder_Field_Gun.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Bermuda_Regiment_25_Pounder_Field_Gun.png/330px-Bermuda_Regiment_25_Pounder_Field_Gun.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Bermuda_Regiment_25_Pounder_Field_Gun.png/440px-Bermuda_Regiment_25_Pounder_Field_Gun.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="539" /></a><figcaption>A 25-pounder of the ceremonial <i>Gun Troop</i> of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Bermuda_Regiment" title="Royal Bermuda Regiment">Royal Bermuda Regiment</a></figcaption></figure> <p>By Second World War standards, the 25-pounder had a smaller calibre and lower shell-weight than many other field-artillery weapons, although it had longer range than most. (Most forces had entered the war with even smaller 75 mm (3.0 in) designs but had quickly moved to 105 mm (4.1 in) and larger weapons.) It was designed for the British practice of <a href="/wiki/Suppressive_fire" title="Suppressive fire">suppressive (neutralising) fire</a>, not destructive fire that had proved illusory in the early years of the First World War. Nevertheless, the 25-pounder was considered by all to be one of the best artillery pieces in use. The effects caused by the gun (and the speed at which the British artillery control system could respond) in the <a href="/wiki/North-West_Europe_Campaign_of_1944%E2%80%931945" class="mw-redirect" title="North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945">North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945</a> made many German soldiers believe that the British had secretly deployed an automatic 25-pounder.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In UK service, during the 1960s, most 25-pounders were replaced by the <a href="/wiki/FV433_Abbot_SPG" class="mw-redirect" title="FV433 Abbot SPG">105mm Abbot SPG</a>, some by the <a href="/wiki/OTO_Melara_Mod_56" title="OTO Melara Mod 56">Oto Melara 105mm pack howitzer</a>, and the remainder by the <a href="/wiki/L118_light_gun" title="L118 light gun">105mm L118 light gun</a>. The last British military unit to fire the 25-pounder in its field role (as opposed to ceremonial use) was the Gun Troop of the <a href="/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company" title="Honourable Artillery Company">Honourable Artillery Company</a> on <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Plain" title="Salisbury Plain">Salisbury Plain</a> in 1992.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_with_other_nations">Service with other nations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Service with other nations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv/220px--25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="11" data-mwtitle="25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="192" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ef/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv/25_pounder_firing_a_blank.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>A 25-pounder firing a blank at Royal Armouries Museum, Fort Nelson</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to Commonwealth and colonial forces, other Second World War users included the free forces of France, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The first shot fired by US artillery against the German army in the war was from a 25-pounder of the <a href="/wiki/34th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="34th Infantry Division (United States)">34th Infantry Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Zaloga_2007_36_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zaloga_2007_36-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Second World War, 25-pounders remained in service with many Commonwealth armies into the 1960s. They were used in Korea by British,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canadian<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and New Zealand regiments<sup id="cite_ref-NZ_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZ-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in Malaya by British and Australian batteries. They also featured in wars on the Indian sub-continent and in the service of Israeli and other Middle Eastern armies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Australia">Australia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Australia used the 25-pounder extensively, including in WW2, Korea and the Malayan Emergency. They were kept in use by reserve units until the 1970s. Individual guns are now often seen as fixed memorials in memorial parks and Returned Servicemen's clubs. 1527 complete guns were manufactured in Australia<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMellor1958238_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMellor1958238-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from May 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-amms_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amms-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Domestic production allowed the 25-pounder to be mounted in Australian-produced vehicles, such as the <a href="/wiki/Thunderbolt_tank" title="Thunderbolt tank">Thunderbolt tank</a> <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMellor1958317_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMellor1958317-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the post-war self-propelled gun, the <a href="/wiki/Yeramba" title="Yeramba">Yeramba</a>. This led to Australian development of a short-barrelled lighter version which was more suitable for off-road deployment, as required, e.g., in the New Guinea campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-amms_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-amms-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 213 of the shortened guns were produced, starting in 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMellor1958239_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMellor1958239-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were declared obsolescent and placed in storage in 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Africa">South Africa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: South Africa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The gun was called G1 by the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Defence_Force" title="South African Defence Force">South African Defence Force</a>. It was extensively used in the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Border_War" title="South African Border War">South African Border War</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Operation_Savannah_(Angola)" title="Operation Savannah (Angola)">Operation Savannah</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The G1 is still used in the ceremonial role.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rhodesia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rhodesian_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodesian Army">Rhodesian Army</a> used the weapon during the <a href="/wiki/Rhodesian_Bush_War" title="Rhodesian Bush War">Bush War</a> but by this stage the round could not penetrate enemy bunkers.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sri_Lanka">Sri Lanka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sri Lanka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ordnance QF 25 pounder Mark III was added to the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Army">Sri Lankan Army</a> inventory in 1985 supplied by <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> at the early stages of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan civil war</a> and was fielded by the 6th Field Regiment, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Artillery" title="Sri Lanka Artillery">Sri Lanka Artillery</a> which was raised in September 1985. It was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Type_60_howitzer" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 60 howitzer">122 mm Type 60 howitzers</a>, but still remains in service with the Ceremonial Saluting Battery of the 6th Field Regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ireland">Ireland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ireland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1949, 48 ex-British-Army Mark III 25-pounders were acquired by the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Defence_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Defence Forces">Irish Defence Forces</a> and were in service with the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(Ireland)" title="Army Reserve (Ireland)">reserves</a> until 2009, having been replaced in the army by the <a href="/wiki/105_mm_Light_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="105 mm Light Gun">105 mm Light Gun</a> in 1981. The Irish Army maintains a six-gun ceremonial 25-pounder battery for use on state occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="India">India</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Captured_QF_25-pounders.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Captured_QF_25-pounders.jpg/220px-Captured_QF_25-pounders.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Captured_QF_25-pounders.jpg/330px-Captured_QF_25-pounders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Captured_QF_25-pounders.jpg/440px-Captured_QF_25-pounders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="391" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan army">Pakistan army</a> soldiers examine captured Indian QF-25 pounders at <a href="/wiki/Chumb" title="Chumb">Chumb</a> during the 1965 War.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pakistani_Convoy_heading_to_liberate_kashmir.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Pakistani_Convoy_heading_to_liberate_kashmir.jpg/220px-Pakistani_Convoy_heading_to_liberate_kashmir.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Pakistani_Convoy_heading_to_liberate_kashmir.jpg/330px-Pakistani_Convoy_heading_to_liberate_kashmir.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Pakistani_Convoy_heading_to_liberate_kashmir.jpg/440px-Pakistani_Convoy_heading_to_liberate_kashmir.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1146" data-file-height="505" /></a><figcaption>A Pakistan Army convoy equiped with QF-25 pounders, advances in Kashmir during <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947">1947-1948 war</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> used 25-pounders against <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947">Indo-Pakistani War of 1947</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1965">Indo-Pakistani War of 1965</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War of 1971</a> and against <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Sino-Indian_War" title="Sino-Indian War">Sino-Indian War</a> in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenry200239_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenry200239-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jordan">Jordan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Jordan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Jordanian <a href="/wiki/Arab_Legion" title="Arab Legion">Arab Legion</a> deployed eight 25-pounder field guns during the fighting in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Army" title="Royal Jordanian Army">Royal Jordanian Army</a> deployed several batteries of 25-pounders during the <a href="/wiki/Six-Day_War" title="Six-Day War">Six-Day War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karama_Battle_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Karama_Battle_4.jpg/220px-Karama_Battle_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Karama_Battle_4.jpg/330px-Karama_Battle_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Karama_Battle_4.jpg/440px-Karama_Battle_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="803" /></a><figcaption>Jordanian gunners firing 25-pounder field guns at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karameh" title="Battle of Karameh">Karameh</a>, 1968</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lebanon">Lebanon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Lebanon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Lebanese Army">Lebanese Army</a> aligned twenty-one QF Mk III 25-Pounders on its inventory in 1975, with most of them being subsequently seized by the <a href="/wiki/Tigers_Militia" title="Tigers Militia">Tigers Militia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kataeb_Regulatory_Forces" title="Kataeb Regulatory Forces">Kataeb Regulatory Forces</a> (KRF) militia in February 1976 and passed on to its successor, the <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Forces_(militia)" title="Lebanese Forces (militia)">Lebanese Forces</a> in 1980, who employed them during the <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War" title="Lebanese Civil War">Lebanese Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKassis200328_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKassis200328-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Luxembourg"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Luxembourg_National_Day_2004_-_101_cannon_shots.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Luxembourg_National_Day_2004_-_101_cannon_shots.jpg/220px-Luxembourg_National_Day_2004_-_101_cannon_shots.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Luxembourg_National_Day_2004_-_101_cannon_shots.jpg/330px-Luxembourg_National_Day_2004_-_101_cannon_shots.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Luxembourg_National_Day_2004_-_101_cannon_shots.jpg/440px-Luxembourg_National_Day_2004_-_101_cannon_shots.jpg 2x" data-file-width="613" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Four Luxembourg <a href="/wiki/25-pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="25-pounder">25-pounder</a> guns re-barrelled to 105 mm, used for gun salutes</figcaption></figure> <p>During World War II, the <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_in_World_War_II#Free_Luxembourgish_Forces_and_the_government-in-exile" title="Luxembourg in World War II">Free Luxembourgish Forces</a> fielded four 25-pounders, which were named after the four daughters of <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_Grand_Duchess_of_Luxembourg" title="Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg">Grand Duchess Charlotte</a>: <a href="/wiki/Princess_Elisabeth,_Dowager_Duchess_of_Hohenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Elisabeth, Dowager Duchess of Hohenberg">Princesses Elisabeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Princess_Marie_Adelaide_of_Luxembourg" title="Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg">Marie Adelaide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Princess_Marie_Gabriele_of_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg">Marie Gabriele</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alix,_Dowager_Princess_of_Ligne" class="mw-redirect" title="Alix, Dowager Princess of Ligne">Alix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LuArmyPiron_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LuArmyPiron-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Post-war, the <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourg Army">Luxembourg Army</a> used a number of 25-pounder guns. In 1955–1957, they were rebarrelled to 105 millimetres (4.1 in) and fitted with new sights. The First Artillery Battalion with 18 guns was placed at the disposal of the 8th Infantry Division of the United States from 1963 to 1967. The last shots fired by the First Luxembourg Artillery Battalion left the tubes on May 31, 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some are maintained for <a href="/wiki/Salute#Heavy_arms:_gun_salutes" title="Salute">gun salutes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greece_and_Cyprus">Greece and Cyprus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Greece and Cyprus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 25-pounder first entered service with Greek forces in North Africa during WWII. Three (numbered I, II and III) field artillery regiments of 24 pieces each were raised as part of the Greek infantry brigades raised by the Greek government in exile. Their only significant actions were at <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">El Alamein in 1942</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Line" title="Gothic Line">Rimini</a> in 1944. After the end of the Second World War, the 25-pounder served as part of the Greek Army during the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Civil_War" title="Greek Civil War">Greek Civil War</a>. A total of 125 25-pounder guns were used by the Greek artillery during the civil war of 1946–1949, in various organizational schemes. After the civil war, they were organized into seven independent regiments of 18 guns each. Following Greece's entry into <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> in 1952 and the standardization on American calibres in 1953, the 25-pounders, unlike other models, were not retired but reorganised into 13 battalions of eight guns each, as part of divisional artillery formations. In 1957, the influx of American artillery pieces permitted an increase from 8 to 12 guns per battalion. In 1964, 54 25-pdr guns were handed over from Greece to Cyprus, where they entered service with the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyprus National Guard">Cyprus National Guard</a> organized into four battalions of 12 guns each ( numbered 181, 182, 183 and 185) and one independent battery of six guns (184). They saw action during the <a href="/wiki/Military_operations_during_the_Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus" title="Military operations during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus">Turkish invasion</a> of the island in 1974. The 25-pounders remained in Greek Army service until 1992, when they were retired as part of the CFE agreement. The guns of the Cyprus National Guard remain in storage.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: New Zealand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NZ_artillery_25_pounder_Korea_1951_(AWM_HOBJ2238).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/NZ_artillery_25_pounder_Korea_1951_%28AWM_HOBJ2238%29.jpg/220px-NZ_artillery_25_pounder_Korea_1951_%28AWM_HOBJ2238%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/NZ_artillery_25_pounder_Korea_1951_%28AWM_HOBJ2238%29.jpg/330px-NZ_artillery_25_pounder_Korea_1951_%28AWM_HOBJ2238%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/NZ_artillery_25_pounder_Korea_1951_%28AWM_HOBJ2238%29.jpg/440px-NZ_artillery_25_pounder_Korea_1951_%28AWM_HOBJ2238%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>25-pounder gun of the New Zealand Field Battery in Korea</figcaption></figure> <p>During World War II New Zealand Gunners of 2nd New Zealand division made extensive use of the 25-pr in Greece, North Africa and Italy. The 16th Field Regiment of the Royal New Zealand Artillery, equipped with 25-pounders, was formed to join the United Nations force in the Korean War. The 25-pdr was replaced in first-line units by the <a href="/wiki/OTO_Melara_Mod_56" title="OTO Melara Mod 56">OTO Melara L5 gun</a>. The guns were withdrawn from operational service with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_New_Zealand_Artillery#Territorial_units" title="Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery">Territorial Force Artillery</a> by 1977. Today, 25-pounders remain in service as ceremonial guns.<sup id="cite_ref-NZ_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NZ-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nigeria">Nigeria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Nigeria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Army" title="Nigerian Army">Nigerian Federal Army</a> used 25-pdr guns during the <a href="/wiki/Biafran_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Biafran War">Biafran War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Nigerian Army still fielded them in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenry200239_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenry200239-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraqi_Kurdistan">Iraqi Kurdistan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Iraqi Kurdistan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A 2015 news report shows at least one 25-pounder in service with Kurdish <a href="/wiki/Peshmerga" title="Peshmerga">Peshmerga</a> forces, employed against <a href="/wiki/ISIS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIS">ISIS</a> positions in <a href="/wiki/Mosul" title="Mosul">Mosul</a>, Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="South_Vietnam">South Vietnam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: South Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1953, the <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_National_Army" title="Vietnamese National Army">Vietnamese National Army</a> was equipped with 122 QF 25 pounders.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mark_I">Mark I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Mark I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_France_and_Belgium_1940_F4338.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/The_British_Army_in_France_and_Belgium_1940_F4338.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_France_and_Belgium_1940_F4338.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/The_British_Army_in_France_and_Belgium_1940_F4338.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_France_and_Belgium_1940_F4338.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/The_British_Army_in_France_and_Belgium_1940_F4338.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_France_and_Belgium_1940_F4338.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="608" /></a><figcaption>An 18/25 pounder & limber towed by a <a href="/wiki/Vickers_Light_Dragon" title="Vickers Light Dragon">Vickers Light Dragon</a> Mark III, Belgium, 1940</figcaption></figure> <p>Known officially as the "Ordnance, Quick Firing 25-pounder Mark I on Carriage 18-pr Mark IV", or "Ordnance, Quick Firing 25-pounder Mark I on Carriage 18-pr Mark V" and commonly called the "18/25-pounder". The Mark I was a 25-pounder barrel and breech in the modified jacket of an <a href="/wiki/18-pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="18-pounder">18-pounder</a> gun, as a 'loose liner'. The jacket provided the interface to the 18-pounder carriage. The earliest versions retained 18-pounder type elevation sights but later ones had Probert pattern calibrating sights on the right side of the saddle. The Mark IV P, carriage was a box trail, Mark V P, was a <a href="/wiki/Gun_carriage#Modern_gun_carriages" title="Gun carriage">split trail</a>. These conversions of the 18-pounder first entered British service in 1937. A few were lost in the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_campaign" title="Norwegian campaign">Norwegian campaign</a> and 704 in France, leaving about the same number in UK's global stocks. They served in North Africa (until about late 1941) and India. This mark of 25-pounder was limited to charge 3 due to its 18-pounder carriage. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mark_II">Mark II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Mark II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QF-25-pounder-beyt-hatotchan-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/QF-25-pounder-beyt-hatotchan-2.jpg/220px-QF-25-pounder-beyt-hatotchan-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/QF-25-pounder-beyt-hatotchan-2.jpg/330px-QF-25-pounder-beyt-hatotchan-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/QF-25-pounder-beyt-hatotchan-2.jpg/440px-QF-25-pounder-beyt-hatotchan-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1295" data-file-height="779" /></a><figcaption>25-pounder with a <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_brake" title="Muzzle brake">muzzle brake</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Mark II</b>, fitted to the Mark I carriage was the standard gun during the war. They were built in Australia and Canada but mostly in UK. Deliveries (from UK production) started at the beginning of 1940 and first entered service with a Canadian regiment stationed in UK during May 1940. No Ordnance 25-pr Mk 2 on Carriage 25-pr Mark 1 were lost in France. This gun fired all charges, 1 – 3 and Super. In 1942, a muzzle brake was fitted to the gun to eliminate the instability caused when firing the 20 lb AP shell with Charge Super at direct fire low elevation angles. To preserve the gun's balance on the trunnions, a counterbalance weight was also fitted, just in front of the breech ring. The designation of the modified gun was not changed. Eventually, all guns serving in Europe were so converted. </p><p>The Mark II ordnance had six main marks of the barrel:<sup id="cite_ref-henry12_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-henry12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Mark I barrel</dt> <dd>Original variant with a loose liner.<sup id="cite_ref-henry12_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-henry12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Mark II barrel</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:25_Pounder_MK-II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/25_Pounder_MK-II.jpg/220px-25_Pounder_MK-II.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/25_Pounder_MK-II.jpg/330px-25_Pounder_MK-II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/25_Pounder_MK-II.jpg/440px-25_Pounder_MK-II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>A 25 Pounder MK-II at a war museum in India</figcaption></figure> <dl><dd>The standard design, also made in Canada as C Mk II barrel.<sup id="cite_ref-henry12_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-henry12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Mark II/I</dt> <dd>In 1946, a programme was introduced to modify the gun's breech ring by morticing the rear corners. A corresponding modification was made to the rear corners of the breech block. This was to reduce the instances of cracking the ring.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Mark III barrel</dt> <dd>The <b>Mark III</b> barrel was a Mark II with a modified receiver to prevent the rounds from slipping back out when loading at high angles.<sup id="cite_ref-henry12_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-henry12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was introduced in January 1944.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Mark III/I</dt> <dd>This was a Mk III gun with the same modification to the ring and block as for the Mk II/I.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Mark IV barrel</dt> <dd>The <b>Mark IV</b> was identical to the Mark III/I, and featured the modified ring and a paired block from new.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Mark VI barrel</dt> <dd>The final alteration of the breech ring made in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-henry12_34-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-henry12-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short,_Mark_I"><span id="Short.2C_Mark_I"></span>Short, Mark I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Short, Mark I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25-pounder_Short" title="Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short">Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Short_25pdr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Short_25pdr.jpg/220px-Short_25pdr.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Short_25pdr.jpg/330px-Short_25pdr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Short_25pdr.jpg/440px-Short_25pdr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="758" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>A Short 25-pounder in <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> in 1944</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>25-pounder Short Mark I</b>, or <b>Baby 25-pr</b>, was an Australian <a href="/wiki/Pack_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Pack gun">pack gun</a> version of the 25-pounder, first produced in 1943. This was a shortened version of the standard 25-pounder, mounted on the <i>Carriage 25-pr Light, Mark 1</i>. Weighing 1,315 kilograms (2,899 lb), it was around 315 kg (694 lb) lighter than the 25-pounder Mark II. </p><p>The "Baby" was intended for <a href="/wiki/Jungle_warfare" title="Jungle warfare">jungle warfare</a> and was only used by Australian units in the <a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II" title="South West Pacific theatre of World War II">South West Pacific theatre</a>. The gun could be towed by a <a href="/wiki/Willys_MB" title="Willys MB">jeep</a> or broken down into 13 sections and transported by air. During the <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea_campaign" title="New Guinea campaign">New Guinea campaign</a> the gun was manhandled up steep jungle tracks where trucks could not operate. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Carriages">Carriages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Carriages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Mark I</dt></dl> <p>The Mark I carriage was the first real 25-pounder carriage. Later in the war, some guns had a double spacer-separated shield to improve protection. It had Probert-pattern calibrating sights, but with the range indicator wrapped into the distinctive cone that rotated against a fixed reader arm. </p> <dl><dt><span class="anchor" id="Jury_axle"></span>Jury axle</dt></dl> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Burma_campaign" title="Burma campaign">Burma</a>, artificers of <a href="/wiki/1st_Midlothian_Artillery_Volunteers#129th_(Lowland)_Field_Regiment" title="1st Midlothian Artillery Volunteers">129 (Lowland) Jungle Field Regiment</a> developed a local modification to use a Jeep axle and wheels to produce a 20-inch narrower <a href="/wiki/Axle_track" title="Axle track">axle track</a> for easier movement along restricted jungle paths, along with some minor modifications to the gun trail; it was called the <b>Jury Axle</b>. Tests in action showed the gun was stable, it was first reported to GHQ India in October 1943. It appears that it was also used without its shield, and the gun could be disassembled for transport in pieces by Jeep. <a href="/wiki/2nd_Kent_Artillery_Volunteers" title="2nd Kent Artillery Volunteers">139th (4th London) Jungle Field Regiment</a> used the modified guns and developed procedures for dismantling them for stowage aboard <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Dakota</a> transport aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Mark II</dt></dl> <p>The Mark II carriage was basically the War Office-approved formalisation of the Jury Axle version of the 25-pounder. Changes included a narrower shield, a new narrower track platform (No 22), and modified Jeep wheels. </p> <dl><dt>Mark III</dt></dl> <p>The Mark III carriage, also narrow, was a further development of the Mark II carriage to provide joints that enabled the trail to be cranked for "upper register" (high-angle) fire to avoid the need to dig a trail pit, and used with the cranked "dial sight adaptor" previously adopted for high-angle fire. It entered service soon after the war. High-angle fire had been introduced in Italy and used increments to charges 2 and 3 to give the 25-pounder seven charges. </p> <dl><dt>Mark IV</dt></dl> <p>The British did further work on the Australian-designed short 25-pounder, enabling it to fire charge Super. One or two prototypes were produced and the carriage was officially designated the Mark IV, but never went into production. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Self-propelled_25-pounders">Self-propelled 25-pounders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Self-propelled 25-pounders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishop">Bishop</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Bishop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Bishop_(artillery)" title="Bishop (artillery)">Bishop</a> was a British self-propelled 25-pounder using the <a href="/wiki/Valentine_tank" title="Valentine tank">Valentine tank</a> chassis, soon replaced by better designs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sexton">Sexton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Sexton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sexton_(artillery)" title="Sexton (artillery)">Sexton</a> was a Canadian self-propelled 25-pounder using the <a href="/wiki/Ram_tank" title="Ram tank">Ram</a> or <a href="/wiki/Grizzly_I_cruiser" title="Grizzly I cruiser">Grizzly</a> tank chassis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yeramba">Yeramba</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Yeramba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Yeramba" title="Yeramba">Yeramba</a> was an Australian self-propelled 25-pounder using the <a href="/wiki/M3_Lee" title="M3 Lee">M3 Lee</a> tank chassis. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_operators">Current operators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Current operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/23px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/35px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/45px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> (also used in military funerals)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>: used by <a href="/wiki/Free_French" class="mw-redirect" title="Free French">Free French</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then in <a href="/wiki/French_Indochina" title="French Indochina">Indochina</a><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/23px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/35px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/46px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Fiji" title="Fiji">Fiji</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> Now as ceremonial gun.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>: 144 from <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army" title="Royal Netherlands East Indies Army">Royal Netherlands East Indies Army</a> (KNIL).<sup id="cite_ref-41VA_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41VA-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> (relegated to ceremonial role)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGawrych199025&96_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGawrych199025&96-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a><sup id="cite_ref-Nyrop_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nyrop-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kurdistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Region" title="Kurdistan Region">Kurdistan</a> -<a href="/wiki/Peshmerga" title="Peshmerga">Peshmerga</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMilitary_Balance_2016491_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMilitary_Balance_2016491-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lesotho" title="Lesotho">Lesotho</a><sup id="cite_ref-Beyond_Blue_Helmets_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beyond_Blue_Helmets-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a> (relegated to ceremonial role)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> (relegated to ceremonial role)<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>: still in service in 2002<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenry200239_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenry200239-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a> -50 in service<sup id="cite_ref-asiapacificdefencereporter.com_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asiapacificdefencereporter.com-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/35px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/46px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a> (relegated to ceremonial role)<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>: Some units inherited from the <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> with several more captured from retreating Indian forces during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Grand_Slam" title="Operation Grand Slam">Operation Grand Slam</a> in 1965.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 12 from South Africa<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West" title="Polish Armed Forces in the West">Polish Armed Forces in the West</a>)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>: Registration – Obus 8,8 cm m/43<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (relegated to ceremonial role)<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENyrop2008270_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENyrop2008270-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> (relegated to ceremonial role)<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> (relegated to ceremonial role)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> (relegated to ceremonial role)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/23px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/35px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/45px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Suriname" title="Suriname">Suriname</a>: 3 displayed during parades in 2016<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENyrop2008326_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENyrop2008326-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/46px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Zimbabwe" title="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_operators">Former operators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_25-pounder&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Former operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>: Used by <a href="/wiki/1st_Belgian_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Belgian Infantry Brigade">Belgian Field Battery</a> during WWII;<sup id="cite_ref-Piron_Batailles_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Piron_Batailles-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also in <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Congo" title="Belgian Congo">Belgian Congo</a> post-WWII<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia" title="Czechoslovakia">Czechoslovakia</a>: used during WWII<sup id="cite_ref-nasenoviny.com_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nasenoviny.com-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a>: Captured examples and 1943–45 co-belligerent forces</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281924%E2%80%931959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Kingdom of Iraq">Kingdom of Iraq</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany_%281935%E2%80%931945%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>: (Captured examples)<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mk I designated <i>8.76 cm Feldkanone 280(e)</i>, MK II designated <i>8.76 cm Feldkanone 281(e)</i>.</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>: Used by <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Motorized_Infantry_Brigade" title="Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade">Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade "Princess Irene"</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army" title="Royal Netherlands East Indies Army">Royal Netherlands East Indies Army</a> (1945–1949), <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_Marine_Corps#History" title="Netherlands Marine Corps">Marines Brigade</a> (1945–1949), <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Army" title="Royal Netherlands Army">Royal Netherlands Army</a> (1945–1984)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a>: ~40 in 1976<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENyrop2008405_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENyrop2008405-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281968%E2%80%931979%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" 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Men-at-Arms. <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. p. 30. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85045-084-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-85045-084-5"><bdi>0-85045-084-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Arab+Legion&rft.series=Men-at-Arms&rft.pages=30&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=0-85045-084-5&rft.aulast=Young&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+25-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMutawi1987" class="citation book cs1">Mutawi, Samir A. 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Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. p. 20. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1472816092" title="Special:BookSources/978-1472816092"><bdi>978-1472816092</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Modern+African+Wars+%285%29%3A+The+Nigerian-Biafran+War+1967-70&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pages=20&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1472816092&rft.aulast=Jowett&rft.aufirst=Philip&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+25-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLister2015" class="citation news cs1">Lister, Tim (9 February 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/09/middleeast/kurds-iraq-isis/index.html">"Kurdish fighters battle equipment woes as well as ISIS in northern Iraq"</a>. <i>CNN</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150305200139/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/09/middleeast/kurds-iraq-isis/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on 5 March 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Brussels: Complexe. p. 186. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9782870278109" title="Special:BookSources/9782870278109"><bdi>9782870278109</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180702122025/https://books.google.fr/books?id=kxGVMCls88QC&pg=PA186&lpg=PA186&dq=french+25+pounders+indochina&source=bl&ots=8hUVgsdZVP&sig=di3_bwEzmdxqAZCQ8pvzdJFu-7I&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwju7bTvlYDcAhWDJlAKHaFHB30Q6AEIQjAI#v=snippet&q=25%20pounders%20&f=false">Archived</a> from the original on 2018-07-02<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=281772">the original</a> on 4 March 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=New+artillery+guns+to+replace+old+weapons&rft.date=2014-10-01&rft.aulast=Madigibuli&rft.aufirst=Ana&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fijitimes.com%2Fstory.aspx%3Fid%3D281772&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+25-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41VA-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41VA_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160921030313/http://www.41afdva.net/Db/Onderdelenlijst.php">"Onderdelen (Units) VA I – VA VI"</a>, <i>Netherlands Artillery units</i> (in Dutch), archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.41afdva.net/Db/Onderdelenlijst.php">the original</a> on 2016-09-21, <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"... De KNIL afdelingen VA-I t/m VA-VI waren uitgerust met van de Australiërs afkomstige 25 ponders die speciaal waren ontworpen voor oorlogvoering in de tropen (smalle spoorbreedte en knikaffuit). Bij de overdracht van de soevereiniteit aan Indonesië op 12 December 1949, werd het materieel van de afdelingen overgedragen aan het Indonesische leger ..." (The KNIL battalions VA-I to VA-VI were equipped with 25-pounders from the Australians, specially designed for warfare in the tropics (narrow wheelbase and nodded carriage trail) When the sovereignty was transferred to Indonesia on 12 December 1949, the equipment of the batalions was transferred to the Indonesian army ...)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Netherlands+Artillery+units&rft.atitle=Onderdelen+%28Units%29+VA+I+%E2%80%93+VA+VI&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.41afdva.net%2FDb%2FOnderdelenlijst.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+25-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGawrych199025&96-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGawrych199025&96_42-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGawrych1990">Gawrych 1990</a>, p. 25&96.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nyrop-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Nyrop_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNyrop2008" class="citation book cs1">Nyrop, Richard F. 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3.7-inch AA gun">QF 3.7-inch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_4.5-inch_Mk_I_%E2%80%93_V_naval_gun#Land_service" title="QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun">QF 4.5-inch Mk II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_5.25-inch_naval_gun#Land_service" title="QF 5.25-inch naval gun">QF 5.25-inch Mk II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Coast defence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/QF_6-pounder_10_cwt_gun" title="QF 6-pounder 10 cwt gun">QF 6-pounder 10 cwt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_12-pounder_12_cwt_naval_gun" title="QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun">QF 12-pounder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_4.7-inch_Gun_Mk_I%E2%80%93IV" class="mw-redirect" title="QF 4.7-inch Gun Mk I–IV">QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_6-inch_Mk_VII_naval_gun" title="BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun">BL 6-inch 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