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id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British anti-tank gun</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">This article is about the World War II gun. For other 6-pounder weapons, see <a href="/wiki/6-pounder_gun" title="6-pounder gun">6-pounder gun</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox 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 6-pounder 7 cwt </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:Pak_army_QF-6_Pounder.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Pak_army_QF-6_Pounder.jpg/300px-Pak_army_QF-6_Pounder.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Pak_army_QF-6_Pounder.jpg/450px-Pak_army_QF-6_Pounder.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Pak_army_QF-6_Pounder.jpg/600px-Pak_army_QF-6_Pounder.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2735" data-file-height="2135" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">QF 6-pounder at <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi" title="Rawalpindi">Rawalpindi</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_gun" title="Anti-tank gun">Anti-tank gun</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Tank_gun" title="Tank gun">Tank gun</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">1942–1960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Used by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allies of World War II</a><br />and <a href="#Users">other users</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a><br /><a href="/wiki/First_Indochina_War" title="First Indochina War">First Indochina War</a><sup id="cite_ref-Viet_Minh_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Viet_Minh-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">1956 Suez War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/North_Yemen_Civil_War" title="North Yemen Civil War">North Yemen Civil War</a><sup id="cite_ref-Yemen_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yemen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War" title="Nigerian Civil War">Nigerian Civil War</a></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">1940</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Produced</th><td class="infobox-data">1941–1945</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</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">2,520 lb (1,140 kg) Mk II<br />2,679 lb (1,215 kg) Mk IV and M1</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">Mk II, III: 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) 43 calibres<br />Mk IV, V and M1: 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) 50 calibres</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">4 ft 2 in (1.28 m)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_British_ordnance_terms#Fixed_QF" title="Glossary of British ordnance terms">Fixed QF</a> 57×441 mmR<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">2.244 in (57 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><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Carriage</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gun_carriage#Modern_gun_carriages" title="Gun carriage">Split trail</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 +15°</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">90°</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">15 rpm<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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"><i>See ammunition table</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Effective firing range</th><td class="infobox-data">1,650 yd (1,510 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Maximum firing range</th><td class="infobox-data">5,000 yd (4,600 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Sights</th><td class="infobox-data">No.22c</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ordnance quick-firing 6-pounder 7 cwt</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or just <b>6-pounder</b>, was a British 57 mm gun, serving during the Second World War as a primary <a href="/wiki/Anti-tank_gun" title="Anti-tank gun">anti-tank gun</a> of both the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_during_the_Second_World_War" title="British Army during the Second World War">British</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> (as the <b>57 mm gun M1</b>). It was also used as the main armament for a number of <a href="/wiki/Armoured_fighting_vehicle" title="Armoured fighting vehicle">armoured fighting vehicles</a>. </p><p>Although designed before the start of the war, it did not reach service until the <a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a> in April 1942. There, it replaced the <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_2-pounder" title="Ordnance QF 2-pounder">2-pounder</a> as an anti-tank gun, allowing the <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25-pounder" title="Ordnance QF 25-pounder">25-pounder gun-howitzer</a> to revert to its intended artillery role. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development_and_production">Development and production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development and production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Development"><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:Canadian_QF_6-pounder_AT_Gun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Canadian_QF_6-pounder_AT_Gun.jpg/170px-Canadian_QF_6-pounder_AT_Gun.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Canadian_QF_6-pounder_AT_Gun.jpg/255px-Canadian_QF_6-pounder_AT_Gun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Canadian_QF_6-pounder_AT_Gun.jpg/340px-Canadian_QF_6-pounder_AT_Gun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2480" data-file-height="3472" /></a><figcaption>A Canadian gun crew performing maintenance on the bore of their 6-pounder</figcaption></figure> <p>Limitations of the existing 2-pounders were apparent even as the gun entered service and an effort was made to replace it with a much more capable weapon starting as early as 1938. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Arsenal" title="Royal Arsenal">Woolwich Arsenal</a> was entrusted with the development of a new gun with a calibre of 57 mm. Guns of this calibre had been employed by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> from the late 19th century and manufacturing equipment was available. The gun design was complete by 1940 but the carriage design took until 1941.<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. (February 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The production was further delayed by the defeat in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a>. The loss of equipment – most of the heavy equipment of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF) was left behind in France during <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Operation Dynamo</a> – and the prospect of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion" title="Operation Sea Lion">a German invasion</a> made re-equipping the army with anti-tank weapons an urgent task, so a decision was made to carry on the production of the 2-pounder, avoiding the period of adaptation to production and also of re-training and acclimatisation with the new weapon. It was estimated that 100 6-pounders would displace the production of 600 2-pounders.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This had the effect of delaying production of the 6-pounder until November 1941 and its entry into service until May 1942. </p><p>Unlike the 2-pounder, the new gun was mounted on a conventional two-wheeled <a href="/wiki/Gun_carriage#Modern_gun_carriages" title="Gun carriage">split trail</a> carriage on pneumatic tyres but without a spring suspension. The first mass production variant – the Mk II – differed from the pre-production Mk I in having a shorter <a href="/wiki/Caliber#Caliber_as_measurement_of_length" title="Caliber">L/43</a> barrel, because of the shortage of suitable lathes. The Mk IV was fitted with an L/50 barrel, with <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_brake" title="Muzzle brake">muzzle brake</a>. Optional side shields were issued to give the crew better protection but were apparently rarely used. </p><p>The 6-pounder was used where possible to replace the 2-pounder in British tanks, requiring work on the turrets, pending the introduction of new tanks designed for the 6-pounder. The <a href="/wiki/Churchill_tank" title="Churchill tank">Churchill</a> Marks III and IV, <a href="/wiki/Valentine_tank" title="Valentine tank">Valentine</a> Mark IX and <a href="/wiki/Crusader_tank" title="Crusader tank">Crusader</a> Mark III all began to enter service during 1942. The Valentine and Crusader both needed to lose a crew member from the turret. Tanks designed to take the 6-pounder were the troubled <a href="/wiki/Cavalier_tank" title="Cavalier tank">Cavalier</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Cromwell_tank" title="Cromwell tank">Cromwell and the Centaur</a>. When the Cromwell went into combat in 1944, it was armed with the <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_75_mm" title="Ordnance QF 75 mm">Ordnance QF 75 mm</a> gun, which was a redesign of the 6-pounder to take US 75 mm ammunition and more useful against general targets. The 6-pounder was also fitted to the <a href="/wiki/AEC_armoured_car" title="AEC armoured car">AEC armoured car</a> Mark II. </p><p>Although the 6-pounder was kept at least somewhat competitive through the war, the Army started the development of a more powerful weapon in 1942. The aim was to produce a gun with the same general dimensions and weight as the 6-pounder but with improved performance. The first attempt was an 8-pounder of 59 calibre length but this version proved too heavy to be used in the same role as the 6-pounder. A second attempt was made with a shorter 48 calibre barrel but this proved to have only marginally better performance than the 6-pounder and the program was cancelled in January 1943. </p><p>The 6-pounder was followed into production by the next generation British anti-tank gun, the <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_17-pounder" title="Ordnance QF 17-pounder">Ordnance QF 17-pounder</a>, which came into use from February 1943. As a smaller and more manoeuvrable gun, the 6-pounder continued to be used by the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> for the rest of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and for about 20 years afterwards. A 57/42.6 mm <a href="/wiki/Littlejohn_adaptor" title="Littlejohn adaptor">squeeze bore</a> adaptor was developed for the gun but was never adopted. The gun was produced in Canada and South Africa, where the Combined Ordnance Factories (COFAC) produced 300. </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_6-pounder&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Production of guns<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <td>1941 </td> <td>1942 </td> <td>1943 </td> <td>1944 </td> <td>1945 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <td>201 </td> <td>17,854 </td> <td>16,586 </td> <td>1,964 </td> <td>- </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US_production">US production</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: US production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>М1 production </caption> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <th>Year </th> <td>1942 </td> <td>1943 </td> <td>1944 </td> <td>1945 </td> <td>Total </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <th>Number produced </th> <td>3,877 </td> <td>5,856 </td> <td>3,902 </td> <td>2,002 </td> <td>15,637 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The idea of manufacturing the 6-pounder in the US was expressed by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Ordnance_Corps" title="United States Army Ordnance Corps">US Army Ordnance</a> in February 1941. The US Army still favoured the <a href="/wiki/37mm_gun_M3" class="mw-redirect" title="37mm gun M3">37mm gun M3</a> and production was planned solely for <a href="/wiki/Lend_lease" class="mw-redirect" title="Lend lease">lend lease</a>. The US version, classified as substitute standard as <b>57 mm gun M1</b>, was based on the 6-pounder Mark II, two units of which were received from the UK. Since there was sufficient lathe capacity, the longer barrel could be produced from the start.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200513_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200513-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Production started early in 1942 and continued until 1945. The M1A1 variant used US combat tyres and wheels. The M1A2 introduced the British practice of free traverse, meaning that the gun could be traversed by the crew pushing and pulling on the breech, instead of solely geared traverse, from September 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200514_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200514-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The M1 was made standard issue in the spring of 1943. A more stable carriage was developed but not introduced. Once the 57 mm entered US service, a modified towing point design was introduced (the M1A3) for US use.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200515_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200515-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tractors for the M1 included the <a href="/wiki/Dodge_WC_series#WC-63" title="Dodge WC series">Dodge WC-63 1½-ton 6×6</a> and the <a href="/wiki/M2_half-track_car" title="M2 half-track car">M2 half-track</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200515_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200515-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two-thirds of American production (10,000 guns) went to US Army Divisions in Europe. About one-third of production (over 4,200 guns) was delivered to the UK and 400 guns were sent to the Soviet Union through Lend-Lease. When the United States re-armed and re-equipped Free French forces for the Normandy landings, their anti-tank units received American-made M1s. Like the British Army, the US Army also experimented with a squeeze bore adaptor (57/40 mm T10) but the program was abandoned. American shell designs and production lagged behind the introduction of the gun once it was accepted for service and so, at first, only AP shot was available. The HE shell was not available until after the Normandy landings and UK stocks were procured to cover its absence. Its use by regular US Army front-line units was discontinued in the 1950s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="British_service">British service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: British service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anti-tank_gun">Anti-tank gun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Anti-tank gun"><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:Desert6Pdr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Desert6Pdr.jpg/170px-Desert6Pdr.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Desert6Pdr.jpg/255px-Desert6Pdr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Desert6Pdr.jpg/340px-Desert6Pdr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="797" /></a><figcaption>A US-built 57mm M1A1 or M1A2 copy of the 6-pounder anti-tank gun and its crew in action in the Western Desert, November 1942</figcaption></figure> <p>The 6-pounders (and the US-built M1 of which 4,242 guns were received) were issued to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> anti-tank <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiments</a> of infantry and armoured <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a> in the western theatres (four <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">batteries</a> with 12 pieces each) and later in the war to the six-gun anti-tank <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoons</a> of infantry <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalions</a>. An air-landing battalion had an AA/AT company with two four-gun AT platoons. The <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a> theatres had lower priority and different organisation, reflecting the lower tank threat. The gun was also employed by <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> forces in formations similar to the British. The anti-tank ammunition was a basic <a href="/wiki/Armour-piercing_ammunition#Types" title="Armour-piercing ammunition">Armour-Piercing</a> (AP) shot, but by January 1943 an Armour-Piercing, Capped (APC) shot and an Armour-Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Capped (APCBC) shot was supplied. A <a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)#High-explosive_shells" title="Shell (projectile)">High Explosive</a> shell was produced for use against unarmoured targets. </p><p>The 6-pounder first saw action in May 1942 at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gazala" title="Battle of Gazala">Battle of Gazala</a>. It made an immediate impact on the battlefield as it was able to penetrate any enemy tank then in service. In the most celebrated action, the 6-pounder guns of 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/The_Rifle_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rifle Brigade">The Rifle Brigade</a> (together with part of 239 Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery under command), destroyed more than 15 Axis tanks in the action at <a href="/wiki/Outpost_Snipe" class="mw-redirect" title="Outpost Snipe">Outpost Snipe</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein" title="Second Battle of El Alamein">Second Battle of El Alamein</a>. Over the next year, the Germans introduced much heavier tanks into service, notably the <a href="/wiki/Tiger_I" title="Tiger I">Tiger I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panther_tank" title="Panther tank">Panther</a>. The standard 6-pounder shot was ineffective against the front armour at any range but proved effective on the less armoured sides and rear. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H23980.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H23980.jpg/170px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H23980.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H23980.jpg/255px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H23980.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H23980.jpg/340px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H23980.jpg 2x" data-file-width="798" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>A gun of 86th Anti-Tank Regiment prepares to fire during a practice shoot at the Royal Artillery ranges, September 1942</figcaption></figure> <p>6-pounder gunfire accounted for the first Tigers disabled in North Africa; two Tigers being knocked out by towed 6-pounder AT guns, while the <a href="/wiki/48th_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="48th Royal Tank Regiment">48th Royal Tank Regiment</a> knocked out the first Tigers by the Western Allies in tank vs. tank action with their <a href="/wiki/Churchill_tank" title="Churchill tank">Churchill tanks</a>, destroying two Tiger I (the same unit also knocked out the first Panther tanks by the Western Allies in May 1944 in Italy). The <a href="/wiki/North_Irish_Horse" title="North Irish Horse">North Irish Horse</a> disabled and captured <a href="/wiki/Tiger_131" title="Tiger 131">Tiger 131</a> after the crew had abandoned it after it received several hits, most seriously a shot which struck the turret ring, making traverse impossible. The situation was somewhat improved by the development of more sophisticated ammunition in the form of the <a href="/wiki/Armour-piercing_ammunition#Types" title="Armour-piercing ammunition">Armour-Piercing, Composite Rigid</a> (APCR) shot and the <a href="/wiki/Armour-piercing_ammunition#Types" title="Armour-piercing ammunition">Armour-Piercing, Discarding Sabot</a> (APDS) shot, which was available from 1944 and made it effective against the frontal armour of Tiger Is and Panthers. </p><p>In the Royal Artillery regiments, the 6-pounders were joined by the 17-pounders starting in 1943; in infantry units, the gun remained the sole AT gun in service until 1951, when it was finally declared obsolete and replaced by the 17-pounder in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">British Army of the Rhine</a> (BAOR). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tank_gun">Tank gun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tank gun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first tank to go into action armed with the 6-pounder gun was the Mark III version of the Churchill tank, in the <a href="/wiki/Dieppe_Raid" title="Dieppe Raid">Dieppe Raid</a> of August 1942. They were deployed to North Africa; six, as KingForce, were in action at El Alamein in October (destroying five tanks and three AT guns for the loss of one Churchill). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Molins_gun">Molins gun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Molins gun"><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:RAF_Museum_Cosford_-_DSC08357.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/RAF_Museum_Cosford_-_DSC08357.JPG/220px-RAF_Museum_Cosford_-_DSC08357.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/RAF_Museum_Cosford_-_DSC08357.JPG/330px-RAF_Museum_Cosford_-_DSC08357.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/RAF_Museum_Cosford_-_DSC08357.JPG/440px-RAF_Museum_Cosford_-_DSC08357.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>6-pounder with Molins automatic feed</figcaption></figure> <p>The Royal Navy used the 6-pounder extensively in <a href="/wiki/Motor_Gun_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Gun Boat">Motor Gun Boats</a> during World War II (especially the <a href="/wiki/Fairmile_D" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairmile D">Fairmile D</a>). The gun was mounted on a hydraulic-powered mount and fitted with a power loading system developed by the Molins Machine Company Limited, permitting a six-round burst at one round per second. The guns were all the early short-barrel (43 calibre) type and fired exclusively <a href="/wiki/British_ordnance_terms#HE" class="mw-redirect" title="British ordnance terms">HE</a> (high-explosive) ammunition, at much lower muzzle velocities than for <a href="/wiki/Armour-piercing_ammunition#Types" title="Armour-piercing ammunition">AP</a> (armour-piercing), because of the use of flashless propellant for night operations. The naval designation was <b>QF 6-Pounder Mk IIA</b>; nearly 600 of these weapons were made. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Molins_autoloader_and_6-pounder_gun_WWII_IWM_A_25159.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Molins_autoloader_and_6-pounder_gun_WWII_IWM_A_25159.jpg/220px-Molins_autoloader_and_6-pounder_gun_WWII_IWM_A_25159.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Molins_autoloader_and_6-pounder_gun_WWII_IWM_A_25159.jpg/330px-Molins_autoloader_and_6-pounder_gun_WWII_IWM_A_25159.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Molins_autoloader_and_6-pounder_gun_WWII_IWM_A_25159.jpg/440px-Molins_autoloader_and_6-pounder_gun_WWII_IWM_A_25159.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="609" /></a><figcaption>Gun with Molins autoloader on a <a href="/wiki/Fairmile_D_motor_torpedo_boat" title="Fairmile D motor torpedo boat">Fairmile D motor torpedo boat</a> of the Royal Navy, World War II</figcaption></figure> <p>The Molins autoloader was also deployed on a small number of Royal Air Force <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquitos</a> of <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Coastal Command">Coastal Command</a>, which were referred to as the "Tsetse" (after the <a href="/wiki/Tsetse_fly" title="Tsetse fly">Tsetse fly</a>). Officially the <b>QF 6-pdr Class M Mark I with Auto Loader Mk III</b>, it was based on the long-barrelled (50 calibre) gun. It was fully automatic, with a <a href="/wiki/Cyclic_rate" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyclic rate">cyclic rate</a> of fire of about 55 rounds per minute with 21 rounds carried. It was intended for use against <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boats</a> and fired solid shot that could penetrate their hulls through 2 ft (61 cm) of water from 1,400 m. The weapon was used to sink a U-boat and, on one occasion to shoot down a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_submarine_I-29#Second_exchange" title="Japanese submarine I-29">Junkers Ju 88 aircraft during an attack on IJN submarine I-29</a> off Cape Penas. It was replaced in 1943 by the more versatile but less accurate <a href="/wiki/RP-3" title="RP-3">RP-3</a> 3-inch Rocket Projectile.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US_service">US service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: US service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:57mm_Gun_M1_-_Saint-Malon_Bretagne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/57mm_Gun_M1_-_Saint-Malon_Bretagne.jpg/170px-57mm_Gun_M1_-_Saint-Malon_Bretagne.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/57mm_Gun_M1_-_Saint-Malon_Bretagne.jpg/255px-57mm_Gun_M1_-_Saint-Malon_Bretagne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/57mm_Gun_M1_-_Saint-Malon_Bretagne.jpg/340px-57mm_Gun_M1_-_Saint-Malon_Bretagne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2638" /></a><figcaption>57 mm gun M1 firing at German bunker near <a href="/wiki/Saint-Malo" title="Saint-Malo">Saint-Malo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brittany_(administrative_region)" title="Brittany (administrative region)">Brittany</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In spring 1943, following the experience of the <a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North African Campaign</a>, the Infantry branch of the <a href="/wiki/US_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="US Army">US Army</a> recognised the need to field a heavier antitank gun than the 37 mm M3. The Ordnance QF 6-pounder was introduced into US service as the <b>57mm M1</b>, following standard US nomenclature. </p><p>The introduction was made in the face of objections by the US Army Infantry Board, which believed it to be too heavy. The Ordnance Board, on the other hand, felt that a more powerful weapon should be introduced; the Airborne and Cavalry rejected it. </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Table_of_Organisation_and_Equipment" class="mw-redirect" title="Table of Organisation and Equipment">Table of Organisation and Equipment</a> (TO&E) of 15 July 1943, the "defense <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a>" in the infantry division's headquarters company had three 57 mm guns, each of the three infantry regiments' antitank <a href="/wiki/Company_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Company (military)">companies</a> included nine guns (three platoons of three) and each <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a> had a platoon of three guns, giving a total of 57 57 mm guns per division. <a href="/wiki/Dodge_WC_series" title="Dodge WC series">Dodge WC-62</a>/<a href="/wiki/Dodge_WC_series" title="Dodge WC series">WC-63</a> 6×6 1½ ton trucks were issued as <a href="/wiki/Artillery_tractor" title="Artillery tractor">artillery tractors</a> in place of the 3/4 ton truck used with its predecessor, the 37 mm gun. Because of the unexpected adoption into service, the only ammunition type in production in the US was AP ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200516_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200516-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By mid-1944, the M1 was the standard antitank gun of US infantry divisions on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">Western Front</a> and outnumbered the M3 in <a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italy</a>. In this role, the gun had a crew of ten; a squad leader, a gunner (for crew drill purposes, designated #1), four cannoneers (#2-5), three ammunition bearers (#6-8), and a driver (#9). The gunner aimed and fired the gun, and cooperated closely with the #2, who was the loader. Crew member #3 passed ammunition to the #2. Crew members #4 and #5 prepared ammunition, and delivered it to the #3; #4 and #5 were also used as spotters or guards against enemy tanks or aircraft. Crew members #6-8 were ammunition bearers, while the driver was responsible for maintaining and concealing the prime mover and acting as a fourth ammunition bearer when not concerned with the vehicle.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The squad leader and driver were issued <a href="/wiki/M1_Garand" title="M1 Garand">M1 Garands</a>, the gunner and cannoneers <a href="/wiki/M1911_pistol" title="M1911 pistol">M1911 pistols</a>, and the ammunition bearers <a href="/wiki/M1_carbine" title="M1 carbine">M1 carbines</a>. In addition, the driver was issued an <a href="/wiki/M7_grenade_launcher" title="M7 grenade launcher">M7 grenade launcher</a> for antitank defense, and the squad was also issued a <a href="/wiki/Bazooka" title="Bazooka">bazooka</a>. </p><p>Preparations for the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Invasion of Normandy</a> highlighted an additional need. The Airborne Command had rejected the 57 mm M1 in the summer of 1943, claiming that it was unfit for airlanding by glider due to its weight and the TO&E of February 1944 still had airborne divisions keeping their 37 mm guns. To increase firepower, the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="82nd Airborne Division (United States)">82nd</a> and the <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="101st Airborne Division (United States)">101st</a> airborne divisions were re-equipped with British-manufactured 6-pounders on the narrow carriage Mk III designed for glider use – 24 in AA battalion, and 9 in each <a href="/wiki/Glider_infantry" title="Glider infantry">glider infantry</a> regiment – for the Normandy airdrops.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200524_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200524-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the fighting after the Normandy landings, the paratroops used them against German armour near <a href="/wiki/St_Mere_Eglise" class="mw-redirect" title="St Mere Eglise">St Mere Eglise</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carentan" title="Carentan">Carentan</a>. However, few tanks were encountered and they were mostly used for support, which made the lack of an HE shell more significant.Subsequently, the guns were officially introduced under the TO&E from December 1944. According to the TO&E, a division was issued 50 pieces: 8 in the divisional artillery, 24 in the AA battalion, and 18 in the glider infantry regiment; <a href="/wiki/Parachute_infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Parachute infantry">parachute infantry</a> regiments did not have anti-tank guns. The British guns were referred simply as 57 mm guns. </p><p>The British 6-pounder with the MK III carriage was also used by the Antitank Company of the <a href="/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)">442nd Infantry Regiment</a> as part of the glider-borne invasion force assigned at that time to the <a href="/wiki/517th_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment" title="517th Parachute Infantry Regiment">517th Parachute Infantry Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Task_Force_(Allied)" title="1st Airborne Task Force (Allied)">First Airborne Task Force</a>, during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dragoon" title="Operation Dragoon">Operation Dragoon</a>, the invasion of Southern France. </p><p>Limited availability of different ammunition types limited the efficiency of the gun in the infantry support role. Only after the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Normandy Campaign</a> did the HE round reach the battlefield, although before then US units were sometimes able to get a limited amount of HE ammunition from the British Army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200516_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200516-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Canister_shot" title="Canister shot">canister shot</a> was not seen in significant amounts until early 1945. Some British stocks of APDS were supplied to the US units, although APCR and APDS rounds were never developed by the US. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_Forces_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H27915.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Canadian_Forces_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H27915.jpg/170px-Canadian_Forces_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H27915.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Canadian_Forces_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H27915.jpg/255px-Canadian_Forces_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H27915.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Canadian_Forces_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H27915.jpg/340px-Canadian_Forces_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H27915.jpg 2x" data-file-width="793" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Canadian troops man a 6-pounder anti-tank gun during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943</figcaption></figure> <p>From July, US anti-tank units encountered the Panther tank, which was vulnerable to the 57 mm only from the sides. Towed anti-tank guns were less effective in the hedgerow terrain, where mobility suffered; but, when the Germans went on the offensive in August, they were effective in defence with infantry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200533_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200533-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Towards the end of the war, towed anti-tank units had gone out of favour due to their lack of mobility compared to self-propelled guns. With few tanks to contend with, some units that would have been equipped with the 57 mm were instead deployed as infantry, or primarily with the <a href="/wiki/Bazooka" title="Bazooka">bazooka</a> for tank hunting.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The M1 went out of service in the US soon after the end of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Korean_service">Korean service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Korean service"><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:During_South_Korean_evacuation_of_Suwon_Airfield,_a_37mm_anti-tank_gun_is_hauled_out_of_the_area_for_repairs,_by_a..._-_NARA_-_541944.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/During_South_Korean_evacuation_of_Suwon_Airfield%2C_a_37mm_anti-tank_gun_is_hauled_out_of_the_area_for_repairs%2C_by_a..._-_NARA_-_541944.tif/lossy-page1-220px-During_South_Korean_evacuation_of_Suwon_Airfield%2C_a_37mm_anti-tank_gun_is_hauled_out_of_the_area_for_repairs%2C_by_a..._-_NARA_-_541944.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/During_South_Korean_evacuation_of_Suwon_Airfield%2C_a_37mm_anti-tank_gun_is_hauled_out_of_the_area_for_repairs%2C_by_a..._-_NARA_-_541944.tif/lossy-page1-330px-During_South_Korean_evacuation_of_Suwon_Airfield%2C_a_37mm_anti-tank_gun_is_hauled_out_of_the_area_for_repairs%2C_by_a..._-_NARA_-_541944.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/During_South_Korean_evacuation_of_Suwon_Airfield%2C_a_37mm_anti-tank_gun_is_hauled_out_of_the_area_for_repairs%2C_by_a..._-_NARA_-_541944.tif/lossy-page1-440px-During_South_Korean_evacuation_of_Suwon_Airfield%2C_a_37mm_anti-tank_gun_is_hauled_out_of_the_area_for_repairs%2C_by_a..._-_NARA_-_541944.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2391" /></a><figcaption>M1 in use by <a href="/wiki/South_Korean_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="South Korean Army">South Korean Army</a> during Korean War</figcaption></figure> <p>The M1 anti-tank gun was the main anti-tank weapon operated by the Korean military during the early stages of the Korean War. The South Korean military acquired 117 M1s when the U.S. Forces Korea withdrew from Korea in 1948-49, and the military deployed six guns to each infantry regiment's anti-tank battery. Due to the low number of anti-tank guns, the South Korean military expressed concern over the possibility of the possession of tanks by the North Korean military; however, the U.S. military advisers neglected the concern and claimed South Korea's poor road and bridge conditions are not suitable for effective tank operations.<sup id="cite_ref-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the South Korean military actively used M1 anti-tank guns against North Korean tanks and self-propelled guns, but did not have much effect. Armor-piercing (AP) ammunitions did not have enough firepower to penetrate North Korean tanks, and nearly 70 % of the 35,000 shells were anti-personnel high-explosives (HE). The South Korean military tried to overcome the disadvantage by firing at close range or concentrating on weak parts, but it did not have a significant impact on the war situation.<sup id="cite_ref-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The South Korean military operated the M1 anti-tank gun as an infantry-assisted firearm from 1950 to 1951, and gradually retired it by replacing it with a <a href="/wiki/Bazooka" title="Bazooka">M20 Super Bazooka</a> and <a href="/wiki/M20_recoilless_rifle" title="M20 recoilless rifle">M20 recoilless rifle</a>. In the end, M1s were eliminated during the war without much achievement due to lack of performance.<sup id="cite_ref-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_operators">Other operators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to being used by the US, UK and other Commonwealth forces, the M1 was supplied under the Lend-Lease program to the <a href="/wiki/Free_French_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Free French Forces">Free French Forces</a> (653), <a href="/wiki/USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR">USSR</a> (400) and Brazil (57). Guns captured by the Germans were given the designations <b>5.7 cm PaK 209(e)</b> and <b>5.7 cm PaK 202(a)</b>.<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. (November 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> employed the 6-pounder in the 1950s in <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a>-level anti-tank battalions and battalion-level anti-tank platoons (the latter formations were disbanded in 1953). By late 1955, the Israel Defense Forces possessed 157 pieces and 100 more were purchased from the Netherlands in 1956, too late to enter service before the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a>. Some of those are described as "57-mm guns, nearly identical to the 6-pounders and firing the same ammunition", which apparently makes them US-built M1 guns.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The gun was also used by the Pakistani Army; numerous examples can still be seen as <a href="/wiki/Gate_guardian" title="Gate guardian">"gate guards"</a> outside army bases in Pakistan. The <a href="/wiki/Irish_Army" title="Irish Army">Irish Army</a> acquired six 6-pounder anti-tank guns in the late 1940s. The US 57 mm M1 gun is popular with modern-day cannoneers, as there is a relatively good supply of shell casings and projectiles. The gun is also reportedly still in active military use with some South American countries, and in coastal defence emplacements of outlying island garrisons of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Army" title="Republic of China Army">Republic of China Army</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Biafran_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Biafran War">Biafran War</a>, from 1967 to 1970, both the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Army" title="Nigerian Army">Nigerian Federal Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Biafran_armed_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Biafran armed forces">Biafran armed forces</a>, including some Biafran vessels, used the 6-pdr gun.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<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_6-pounder&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Mk I: limited production version with L/50 barrel.</li> <li>Mk II: first mass-production version. Shortened L/43 barrel was adopted due to the shortage of suitable manufacturing equipment.</li> <li>Mk III: tank version of Mk II.</li> <li>Mk IV: L/50 barrel, single baffle muzzle brake.</li> <li>Mk V: tank version of Mk IV.</li> <li>Molins Class M gun: 6-pounder gun fitted with automatic loader built by the Molins company, a manufacturer of cigarette making machines. It was mounted on the Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Torpedo Boat">Motor Torpedo Boats</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">Mosquito</a> planes, which were referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Tsetse_fly" title="Tsetse fly">Tsetse</a>".</li> <li>57 mm gun M1: US-built version; although based on Mk II, it had the "original" L/50 barrel.</li></ul> <p>Carriage types, British: </p> <ul><li>Mk I</li> <li>Mk IA: different axle and wheels</li> <li>Mk II: simplified design</li> <li>Mk III: modified for use by airborne troops</li></ul> <p>Carriage types, US: </p> <ul><li>M1</li> <li>M1A1: US wheels and tyres</li> <li>M1A2 (1942): improved traverse mechanism, allowing free traverse</li> <li>M1A3 (1943): modified towing hook; the first version to be adopted by the US Army</li> <li>M2 (1944): caster wheel added to the right trail, relocated trail handles, new utility box</li> <li>M2A1 (1945): improved elevation gear</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Self-propelled_mounts">Self-propelled mounts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Self-propelled mounts"><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:MWP_BTR.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/MWP_BTR.JPG/220px-MWP_BTR.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/MWP_BTR.JPG/330px-MWP_BTR.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/MWP_BTR.JPG/440px-MWP_BTR.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>A T48 57 mm gun motor carriage in front of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Army_Museum" title="Polish Army Museum">Polish Army Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Tank gun versions of the 6-pounder were used in the <a href="/wiki/Crusader_tank" title="Crusader tank">Crusader Mark III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cavalier_tank" title="Cavalier tank">Cavalier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Centaur_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Centaur tank">Centaur Mk I and II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cromwell_tank" title="Cromwell tank">Cromwell Mk I to III</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valentine_tank" title="Valentine tank">Valentine Mk VIII to X</a> and <a href="/wiki/Churchill_tank" title="Churchill tank">Churchill Mk III and IV</a>, and also in the Canadian <a href="/wiki/Ram_tank" title="Ram tank">Ram Mk II</a> and the prototype American <a href="/wiki/Medium_Tank_M7" class="mw-redirect" title="Medium Tank M7">Light Tank T7E2</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Deacon_(artillery)" title="Deacon (artillery)">Deacon</a> wheeled and the experimental <a href="/wiki/Alecto_(SPG)" title="Alecto (SPG)">Alecto Mk II</a> self-propelled guns also mounted the 6-pounder. Another experimental vehicle armed with the 6-pounder was a 'Firefly' tank destroyer, based on the <a href="/wiki/Morris_Light_Reconnaissance_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Morris Light Reconnaissance Car">Morris Light Reconnaissance Car</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NewVanguard98_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NewVanguard98-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only mass-produced vehicle mounting the 57 mm M1 was the M3 Half-track based <a href="/wiki/T48_Gun_Motor_Carriage" title="T48 Gun Motor Carriage">57 mm gun motor carriage T48</a> (also known by its Soviet designation <i>SU-57</i>). The production of the <a href="/wiki/T18_Boarhound" title="T18 Boarhound">T18E2 armored car</a>, known as Boarhound in its limited British service, was stopped after 30 units were built. A project for a tank destroyer armed with the M1—the <b>57 mm gun motor carriage T49</b>—was cancelled after a single pilot vehicle was built. Similarly, the wheeled <b>57 mm Gun Motor Carriage T44</b>, based on Ford 4×4 ¾ ton cargo carrier chassis, was cancelled after brief testing.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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_6-pounder&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ammunition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ammunition was of the fixed type made up of projectile with a tracer in the base, a charge in a brass cartridge, and a percussion primer. A drill round made of weighted wood was also used.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Propellant was cordite or NH, the latter being more compact than cordite as cordite had a piece of packing between the propellant and base of the projectile. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Available ammunition<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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. (September 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </caption> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center"> <th>Type </th> <th>Model </th> <th width="15%">Weight </th> <th width="10%">Filler </th> <th width="15%">Muzzle velocity<br />(L/43 guns) </th> <th width="15%">Muzzle velocity<br />(L/50 guns) </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td colspan="6"><b>British ammunition</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)#Armour-piercing" title="Shell (projectile)">AP</a> </td> <td>Shot, AP, Mks 1 to 7 </td> <td>2.86 kg<br />(6 lb 5 oz) </td> <td>- </td> <td>853 m/s<br />(2,800 ft/s) </td> <td>892 m/s<br />(2,930 ft/s) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Armor-piercing_shell#Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Armor-piercing shell">APC</a> <br />(from September 1942) </td> <td>Shot, APC, Mk 8T<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2.86 kg<br />(6 lb 5 oz) </td> <td>- </td> <td>846 m/s<br />(2,780 ft/s) </td> <td>884 m/s<br />(2,900 ft/s) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/APCBC" class="mw-redirect" title="APCBC">APCBC</a> <br />(from January 1943) </td> <td>Shot, APCBC, Mk 9T </td> <td>3.23 kg<br />(7 lb 2 oz) </td> <td>- </td> <td>792 m/s<br />(2,600 ft/s) </td> <td>831 m/s<br />(2,730 ft/s) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)#Armour-piercing,_composite_rigid" title="Shell (projectile)">APCR</a> <br />(from October 1943) </td> <td>Shot, APCR, Mk 1T </td> <td>1.90 kg<br />(4 lb 3 oz) </td> <td>- </td> <td> </td> <td>1,082 m/s<br />(3,550 ft/s) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)#Armour-piercing,_discarding-sabot" title="Shell (projectile)">APDS</a> <br />(from March 1944) </td> <td>Shot, APDS, Mk 1T </td> <td>1.42 kg<br />(3 lb 2 oz) </td> <td>- </td> <td>1,151 m/s<br />(3,780 ft/s) </td> <td>1,219 m/s<br />(4,000 ft/s) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Shell_(projectile)#High-explosive" title="Shell (projectile)">HE</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Shell, HE, Mk 10T </td> <td>approx. 3 kg<br />(6 lb 10 oz) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>820 m/s<br />(2,700 ft/s) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td colspan="6"><b>US ammunition</b> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">AP </td> <td>AP Shot M70 </td> <td>2.85 kg<br />(6 lb 5 oz) </td> <td>- </td> <td> </td> <td>853 m/s<br />(2,800 ft/s) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">APCBC/HE </td> <td>APC Shell M86 </td> <td>3.30 kg<br />(7 lb 4 oz) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dunnite" title="Dunnite">Dunnite</a><br />34 g (1.2 oz) </td> <td> </td> <td>823 m/s<br />(2,700 ft/s) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left">HE <br />(authorised in March 1944) </td> <td>HE Shell T18 / M303 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Canister_shot" title="Canister shot">Canister</a> <br />(in production from January 1945) </td> <td>Canister Shot T17 / M305 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Performance">Performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The zone of dispersion of the gun was 90% in 4 by 3 ft (1.22 by 0.91 m) at 800 yd (730 m).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Estimated armour penetration (versus vertical armour)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center"> <th width="15%">Type </th> <th>100 m<br />(110 yd) </th> <th>500 m<br />(550 yd) </th> <th>1,000 m<br />(1,100 yd) </th> <th>1,500 m<br />(1,600 yd) </th> <th>2,000 m<br />(2,200 yd) </th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td colspan="6">British ammunition </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <th style="text-align:left">AP<br />L52 barrel </th> <td>135 mm<br />(5.3 in) </td> <td>112 mm<br />(4.4 in) </td> <td>89 mm<br />(3.5 in) </td> <td>70 mm<br />(2.8 in) </td> <td>55 mm<br />(2.2 in) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <th style="text-align:left">APCBC<br />L52 barrel </th> <td>115 mm<br />(4.5 in) </td> <td>103 mm<br />(4.1 in) </td> <td>90 mm<br />(3.5 in) </td> <td>78 mm<br />(3.1 in) </td> <td>68 mm<br />(2.7 in) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <th style="text-align:left">APDS <sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>177 mm<br />(7.0 in) </td> <td>160 mm<br />(6.3 in) </td> <td>140 mm<br />(5.5 in) </td> <td>123 mm<br />(4.8 in) </td> <td>108 mm<br />(4.3 in) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <td colspan="6">US ammunition </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <th style="text-align:left">AP<br /> (52 cal gun) </th> <td>135 mm<br />(5.3 in) </td> <td>112 mm<br />(4.4 in) </td> <td>89 mm<br />(3.5 in) </td> <td>70 mm<br />(2.8 in) </td> <td>55 mm<br />(2.2 in) </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"> <th style="text-align:left">APCBC (52 cal gun) </th> <td>110 mm<br />(4.3 in) </td> <td>98 mm<br />(3.9 in) </td> <td>85 mm<br />(3.3 in) </td> <td>73 mm<br />(2.9 in) </td> <td>64 mm<br />(2.5 in) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>AP in use as a tank gun, penetration was 81 mm (for Mark 3 gun) and 83 mm (Mark 5) at 500 yards and target at 30°.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Users">Users</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Kingdom of Yemen</a><sup id="cite_ref-Yemen_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yemen-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weapons_of_comparable_role,_performance_and_era"><span id="Weapons_of_comparable_role.2C_performance_and_era"></span>Weapons of comparable role, performance and era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Weapons of comparable role, performance and era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/57_mm_anti-tank_gun_M1943_(ZiS-2)" title="57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2)">57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2)</a> : Soviet anti-tank gun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5_cm_Pak_38" title="5 cm Pak 38">5 cm Pak 38</a> : German anti-tank gun</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">British forces traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately 6 pounds (2.7 kg). The approximate weight of the gun barrel and breech, "7 cwt" (cwt = <a href="/wiki/Hundredweight" title="Hundredweight">hundredweight</a>), was included in the designation to distinguish this gun from others also firing a 6 lb projectile.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There were also practice rounds and blank rounds</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Together with different combinations of propelling charge these were Cartridges Mark IT through to Mark IVT and "HV" cartridges IT and IIT</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"HE Shell Mk I, foil" and "HE Shell Mk IIT, foil" using the Mk IM case</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> barrel length not given in source</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Viet_Minh-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Viet_Minh_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFWindrow2018" class="citation book cs1">Windrow, Martin (20 September 2018). <i>French Foreign Légionnaire vs Viet Minh Insurgent: North Vietnam 1948–52</i>. Combat 36. Osprey Publishing. pp. 50–59. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781472828910" title="Special:BookSources/9781472828910"><bdi>9781472828910</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=French+Foreign+L%C3%A9gionnaire+vs+Viet+Minh+Insurgent%3A+North+Vietnam+1948%E2%80%9352&rft.series=Combat+36&rft.pages=50-59&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2018-09-20&rft.isbn=9781472828910&rft.aulast=Windrow&rft.aufirst=Martin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+6-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Yemen-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Yemen_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Yemen_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/wwii-weapons-in-yemens-civil-war/">"WWII weapons in Yemen's civil war"</a>. <i>wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com</i>. 9 September 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com&rft.atitle=WWII+weapons+in+Yemen%27s+civil+war&rft.date=2018-09-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com%2F2018%2F09%2F09%2Fwwii-weapons-in-yemens-civil-war%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+6-pounder" class="Z3988"></span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="Self-published source (September 2018)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFoss1977" class="citation book cs1">Foss, Christopher (1977). <i>Jane's pocket book of towed artillery</i>. New York: Collier. p. 17. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0020806000" title="Special:BookSources/0020806000"><bdi>0020806000</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/911907988">911907988</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jane%27s+pocket+book+of+towed+artillery&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=17&rft.pub=Collier&rft.date=1977&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F911907988&rft.isbn=0020806000&rft.aulast=Foss&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+6-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Postan, <i>British War Production</i> From Dunkirk to Pearl Harbor (part of the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Second_World_War" title="History of the Second World War">History of the Second World War</a>) page 194</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Boyf, David <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wwiiequipment.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:6-pounder-anti-tank-gun&catid=40:anti-tank&Itemid=58">"The 6 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun"</a> wwiiequipment.com </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200513-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200513_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZaloga2005">Zaloga 2005</a>, p. 13.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200514-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200514_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZaloga2005">Zaloga 2005</a>, p. 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200515-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200515_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200515_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZaloga2005">Zaloga 2005</a>, p. 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Williams, Anthony G <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.quarryhs.co.uk/Molins.htm">"The 6 pdr 7cwt and the Molins Gun"</a>, 7 January 2016 </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200516-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200516_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200516_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZaloga2005">Zaloga 2005</a>, p. 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>War Department Basic Field Manual FM 23-75, 57-mm Gun M1</i>. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. 1944. p. 19-22.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=War+Department+Basic+Field+Manual+FM+23-75%2C+57-mm+Gun+M1&rft.place=Washington%2C+D.C.&rft.pages=19-22&rft.pub=U.S.+Government+Printing+Office&rft.date=1944&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+6-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200524-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200524_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZaloga2005">Zaloga 2005</a>, p. 24.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEZaloga200533-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZaloga200533_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFZaloga2005">Zaloga 2005</a>, p. 33.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Zaloga p40</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations_16-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Korean_War_:_Weapons_of_the_United_Nations_16-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBak2021" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Bak, Dongchan (March 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://medcmd.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202105270240172800.pdf"><i>Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in Korean). Republic of Korea: Ministry of Defense Institute for Military History. pp. 76–79. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/979-11-5598-079-8" title="Special:BookSources/979-11-5598-079-8"><bdi>979-11-5598-079-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Korean+War+%3A+Weapons+of+the+United+Nations&rft.place=Republic+of+Korea&rft.pages=76-79&rft.pub=Ministry+of+Defense+Institute+for+Military+History&rft.date=2021-03&rft.isbn=979-11-5598-079-8&rft.aulast=Bak&rft.aufirst=Dongchan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedcmd.mil.kr%2Fuser%2Fimhc%2Fupload%2Fpblictn%2FPBLICTNEBOOK_202105270240172800.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+6-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">When the Engines Roared.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_18-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJowett2016" class="citation book cs1">Jowett, Philip (2016). <i>Modern African Wars (5): The Nigerian-Biafran War 1967-70</i>. 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"3. Chracteristics" </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="CITEREFBirdLingston2001" class="citation book cs1">Bird, Lorrin; Lingston, Robert (2001). <i>World War II Ballistics: Armor and Gunnery</i>. 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Men at Arms 465. <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. p. 6. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781849084833" title="Special:BookSources/9781849084833"><bdi>9781849084833</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Brazilian+Expeditionary+Force+in+World+War+II&rft.series=Men+at+Arms+465&rft.pages=6&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9781849084833&rft.aulast=Maximiano&rft.aufirst=Cesar&rft.au=Bonalume%2C+Ricardo+N&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6q6HCwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+6-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYoung1972" class="citation book cs1">Young, Peter (1972). <i>The Arab Legion</i>. Men-at-Arms. <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey Publishing</a>. p. 24. <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=24&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+6-pounder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">*<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurphy1966" class="citation book cs1">Murphy, W. E. 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Wellington: Historical Publications Branch. p. 307.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=2nd+New+Zealand+Divisional+Artillery&rft.place=Wellington&rft.pages=307&rft.pub=Historical+Publications+Branch&rft.date=1966&rft.aulast=Murphy&rft.aufirst=W.+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnzetc.victoria.ac.nz%2Ftm%2Fscholarly%2Ftei-WH2Arti.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOrdnance+QF+6-pounder" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|work=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#periodical_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ordnance_QF_6-pounder&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChamberlainTerry_Gander1974" class="citation book cs1">Chamberlain, Peter; Terry Gander (1974). <i>Anti-Tank Weapons</i>. 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href="/wiki/155_mm_Long_Tom" class="mw-redirect" title="155 mm Long Tom">155 mm Long Tom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_7.2-inch_howitzer" title="BL 7.2-inch howitzer">BL 7.2-inch howitzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_8-inch_howitzer_Mk_VI_%E2%80%93_VIII" title="BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII">BL 8-inch howitzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_9.2-inch_howitzer" title="BL 9.2-inch howitzer">BL 9.2-inch howitzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/240_mm_howitzer_M1" title="240 mm howitzer M1">240 mm howitzer M1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Mountain guns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M116_howitzer" title="M116 howitzer">75mm Pack howitzer M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_3.7-inch_mountain_howitzer" title="QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer">3.7-inch mountain howitzer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">Mortars</a></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/Two-inch_mortar" title="Two-inch mortar">SBML 2-inch mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ML_3-inch_mortar" title="ML 3-inch mortar">ML 3-inch mortar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ML_4.2-inch_mortar" title="ML 4.2-inch mortar">ML 4.2-inch mortar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Anti-aircraft weapons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Z_Battery" title="Z Battery">Z Battery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon" title="Oerlikon 20 mm cannon">20 mm Oerlikon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_mm_Polsten" title="20 mm Polsten">20 mm Polsten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COW_37_mm_gun" title="COW 37 mm gun">QF 1½-pounder Mk III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_2-pounder_naval_gun" title="QF 2-pounder naval gun">QF 2-pounder naval gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">Bofors 40 mm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_3-inch_20_cwt" title="QF 3-inch 20 cwt">QF 3-inch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QF_3.7-inch_AA_gun" title="QF 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 Mk VII & Mk XXIV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_7.5-inch_Mk_VI_naval_gun" title="BL 7.5-inch Mk VI naval gun">BL 7.5-inch Mk VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_8-inch_Mk_VIII_naval_gun" title="BL 8-inch Mk VIII naval gun">BL 8-inch Mk VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_9.2-inch_Mk_IX_%E2%80%93_X_naval_gun" title="BL 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun">BL 9.2-inch Mk X</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_14-inch_Mk_VII_naval_gun" title="BL 14-inch Mk VII naval gun">BL 14-inch Mk VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_15-inch_Mk_I_naval_gun" title="BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun">BL 15-inch Mk I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Railway artillery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BL_9.2-inch_railway_gun" title="BL 9.2-inch railway gun">BL 9.2-inch Mk XIII railway gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_12-inch_railway_howitzer" title="BL 12-inch railway howitzer">BL 12-inch Mk V railway howitzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_13.5-inch_Mk_V_naval_gun#Railway_guns" title="BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun">BL 13.5-inch Mk V railway gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BL_18-inch_railway_howitzer" title="BL 18-inch railway howitzer">BL 18-inch railway howitzer</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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href="/wiki/3-inch_gun_M1918" title="3-inch gun M1918">3-inch gun M7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90_mm_gun_M1/M2/M3" title="90 mm gun M1/M2/M3">90 mm gun M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90_mm_gun_M1/M2/M3" title="90 mm gun M1/M2/M3">90 mm gun T15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M101_howitzer" title="M101 howitzer">105 mm howitzer M4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/105_mm_gun_T5" title="105 mm gun T5">105 mm gun T5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/120_mm_gun_M1" title="120 mm gun M1">120 mm gun T53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/155_mm_gun_T7" title="155 mm gun T7">155 mm gun T7</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Anti-tank guns</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/37_mm_gun_M3" title="37 mm gun M3">37 mm M3</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">57 mm M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75_mm_field_gun_M1897_on_M2_carriage" title="75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage">75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3-inch_gun_M5" title="3-inch gun M5">3 inch M5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/105_mm_gun_T8" title="105 mm gun T8">90 mm T8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/105_mm_gun_T8" title="105 mm gun T8">105mm T8</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Field, medium and heavy guns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/75_mm_field_gun_M1897_on_M2_carriage" title="75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage">75 mm field gun M1897 on M2 carriage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M116_howitzer" title="M116 howitzer">75 mm howitzer M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M101_howitzer" title="M101 howitzer">105 mm howitzer M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M3_howitzer" title="M3 howitzer">105 mm howitzer M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4.5-inch_gun_M1" title="4.5-inch gun M1">4.5 inch gun M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_de_155_C_mod%C3%A8le_1917_Schneider" title="Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider">155 mm howitzer M1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M114_155_mm_howitzer" title="M114 155 mm howitzer">155 mm howitzer M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_de_155_mm_GPF" title="Canon de 155 mm GPF">155 mm gun M1918MI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/155_mm_gun_M1" title="155 mm gun M1">155 mm gun M1/M2 "Long Tom"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M115_howitzer" title="M115 howitzer">8 inch howitzer M1/M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8-inch_gun_M1" title="8-inch gun M1">8-inch gun M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/240_mm_howitzer_M1" title="240 mm howitzer M1">240 mm howitzer M1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Mortars</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/M2_mortar" title="M2 mortar">60 mm mortar M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M1_mortar" title="M1 mortar">81 mm mortar M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M2_4.2-inch_mortar" title="M2 4.2-inch mortar">4.2 inch mortar M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_David" title="Little David">Little David</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other vehicle-mounted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/M116_howitzer" title="M116 howitzer">75 mm howitzer M2/M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_de_75_mod%C3%A8le_1897" title="Canon de 75 modèle 1897">75 mm gun M1897</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M101_howitzer" title="M101 howitzer">105 mm howitzer M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_de_155mm_GPF" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon de 155mm GPF">155 mm gun M1917MI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/155_mm_Long_Tom" class="mw-redirect" title="155 mm Long Tom">155 mm gun M2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M115_howitzer" title="M115 howitzer">8 inch howitzer M1/M2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Anti-aircraft guns</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/37_mm_gun_M1" title="37 mm gun M1">37 mm M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_automatic_gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm automatic gun L/60">40 mm M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3-inch_gun_M1917" class="mw-redirect" title="3-inch gun M1917">3-inch gun M1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3-inch_gun_M1918" title="3-inch gun M1918">3-inch gun M1918</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3-inch_anti-aircraft_gun_M3" title="3-inch anti-aircraft gun M3">3-inch anti-aircraft gun M3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90_mm_gun_M1/M2/M3" title="90 mm gun M1/M2/M3">90 mm M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/120_mm_gun_M1" title="120 mm gun M1">120 mm M1</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Coast artillery guns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3-inch_gun_M1903" title="3-inch gun M1903">3-inch gun M1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90_mm_gun_M1/M2/M3" title="90 mm gun M1/M2/M3">90 mm M1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6-inch_gun_M1903" class="mw-redirect" title="6-inch gun M1903">6-inch gun M1903</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_de_155mm_GPF" class="mw-redirect" title="Canon de 155mm GPF">155 mm gun M1918MI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7%22/44_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="7"/44 caliber gun">7"/45 caliber gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8-inch_Mk._VI" class="mw-redirect" title="8-inch Mk. VI">8-inch Mk. 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