25-pounder BrE , 25-pdr (Abkürzung)

The most important deficiency compared to the regular 25-pounder was the shorter range.

The gun was developed by modifying the 25-pounder's design to improve its mobility during jungle warfare.

Nevertheless, the gun's performance was inferior to that of the standard 25-pounder, and it received a mixed reception from artillerymen.

The gun carriage was very different to that in the standard 25-pounder, and included a new cradle, trail and axles.

The Bishop was a British self-propelled 25-pounder using the Valentine tank chassis.

The gun could fire the same variety of ammunition as the standard 25-pounder; namely high explosive, armour piercing, smoke, gas, propaganda and illumination shells.

The 25-pounder remained in Greek Army service until 1992, when it were retired as part of the CFE agreement.

The Yeramba was an Australian self-propelled 25-pounder using the M3 Lee tank chassis.

After the war the 25-pounder served as part of the Greek Army during the Greek Civil War.

In 1941, the British Army improvised a self-propelled 25-pounder named the Bishop, on the chassis of the Valentine tank.

The 25-pounder first entered service with Greek forces in North Africa during WWII.

The first shot fired by US artillery against the German army in World War II was from a 25-pounder of the 34th Infantry division.

The 25-pounder was separate-loading, the shell was loaded and rammed then the cartridge in its brass case was loaded and the breech closed.

The 25-pounder fired "separate"or two-part ammunition-the projectile and the propelling charge in its (usually brass) cartridge case with its integral primer were loaded separately.

The 25-pounder was extensively used by the Sri Lankan Army during the early years of the Sri Lankan civil war.

The 25-pounder was well suited to the open conditions the Army experienced in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatres but proved difficult to deploy in jungle terrain.

The 25-pounder was the main field artillery weapon used by British Commonwealth and colonial infantry and armoured divisions of all types during the Second World War.

Throughout most of the Second World War the 25-pounder was normally towed, with its limber, behind a 4x4 Field Artillery Tractor called a "Quad".

By World War II standards, the 25-pounder had a smaller calibre and lower shell-weight than many other field-artillery weapons, although it had longer range than most.

The last British military unit to fire the 25-pounder in its field role (as opposed to ceremonial use) was the Gun Troop of the Honourable Artillery Company on Salisbury Plain in 1992.

The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply, 25-pounder or 25-pdr, was introduced into service just before World War II, during which it served as the major British field gun/howitzer.

In British terminology the 25-pounder was called "Quick Firing" (QF) because the cartridge case provided obturation (it provided the gas seal in the breech) and was automatically released when the breech was opened.

(The International Game Fish Association all-tackle record for the species is a 25-pounder taken from Old Hickory Lake, Tenn., in 1960, but any walleye over 6 pounds, particularly in Northern waters, is worth bragging about.)

The effects caused by the gun (and the speed at which the British artillery control system could respond) in the North-West Europe Campaign of 1944-1945 made many German soldiers believe that the British had secretly deployed an automatic 25-pounder.

It was designed for the British practice of suppressive (neutralising) fire, not destructive fire that had proved illusory in the early years of World War I. Nevertheless the 25-pounder was considered by all to be one of the best artillery pieces in use.