The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 40 mm (1.6 in) British autocannon... 22 KB (2,730 words) - 15:27, 5 April 2024 |
The QF 4 inch Mk V gun was a Royal Navy gun of World War I which was adapted on HA (i.e. high-angle) mountings to the heavy anti-aircraft role both at... 9 KB (684 words) - 08:08, 8 May 2023 |
The QF 4-inch gun Mk IV was the main gun on most Royal Navy and British Empire destroyers in World War I. It was introduced in 1911 as a faster-loading... 9 KB (786 words) - 04:51, 19 September 2022 |
The QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss or in French use Canon Hotchkiss à tir rapide de 47 mm were a family of long-lived light 47 mm naval guns introduced in 1886... 33 KB (2,753 words) - 23:34, 5 March 2023 |
The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light 57 mm naval guns introduced in 1885 to... 32 KB (3,760 words) - 09:31, 21 April 2024 |
Monitors Wikimedia Commons has media related to QF 3 pounder Vickers. Tony DiGiulian, British Vickers 3-pdr (1.4 kg) (1.85"/50 (47 mm)) QF Marks I and II... 5 KB (317 words) - 09:19, 11 January 2023 |
Vickers .50 machine gun (redirect from Vickers .50 Machine Gun Mk. V) Vickers .5-inch, Mk. II Vickers MG Collection & Research Association Williams, The .5" Vickers Guns and Ammunition Gun, Machine, Vickers .5-inch, Mk. IV Vickers... 6 KB (577 words) - 18:24, 19 April 2024 |
George V-class battleships, laid down 1911 The gun was succeeded in the "heavy" 4-inch class on new warships commissioned from 1914 onwards by the QF 4-inch... 7 KB (529 words) - 16:50, 20 June 2023 |
led to failure with the 50-calibre Mk XI and Mk XII guns; the Mk X was the last successful 12-inch British gun. Mk X guns were mounted in the following... 6 KB (436 words) - 22:18, 22 January 2024 |
capital ships from 1909 onwards by the far more powerful BL 4-inch Mk VII gun. In World War I four guns were landed for service in the East Africa campaign... 7 KB (503 words) - 11:09, 9 January 2023 |
The BL 7.5-inch Mk II–Mk V guns were a variety of 50-calibre naval guns used by Britain in World War I. They all had similar performance and fired the... 6 KB (457 words) - 12:19, 3 July 2022 |
The BL 9.2-inch Mk IX and Mk X guns were British breech loading 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns of 46.7 calibre, in service from 1899 to the 1950s as naval and... 30 KB (3,051 words) - 11:33, 7 November 2023 |
the worn-out Mk I guns on surviving ships. These were the only BL-type 4.7-inch guns in British service, all others have been of the QF-type. They were... 5 KB (365 words) - 12:26, 8 October 2022 |
the "Tsetse" (after the Tsetse fly). Officially the QF 6-pdr Class M Mark I with Auto Loader Mk III, it was based on the long-barrelled (50 calibre)... 41 KB (4,506 words) - 11:16, 26 April 2024 |
being HMS Scylla and HMS Charybdis, which mounted QF 4.5-inch Mk III guns due to shortages of the 5.25-inch gun. The last five of the Dido class also... 18 KB (2,022 words) - 00:44, 10 December 2023 |