• Thumbnail for QF 2-pounder naval gun
    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...
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    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...
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    being replaced in the 1920s by the QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mk V on HA (high-angle) mounting. Britain entered World War I with no anti-aircraft artillery. When...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII
    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...
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    Royal Navy gun, see 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun. Like all British nominally 4.5 inch naval guns, the QF Mk I has an actual calibre of 4.45 inches (113 mm)...
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    The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (Quick-Firing) (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr. [12-cwt.]) was a common, versatile 3-inch (76.2 mm) calibre naval gun introduced...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
    The QF 4.7-inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch (120 mm) naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun
    based on the barrel of the QF 4-inch Mk V and the breech mechanism of the BL 4-inch Mk VIII and was first introduced in World War I on capital ships as secondary...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 12-pounder 8 cwt gun
    The Ordnance QF 12-pounder 8 cwt was a Royal Navy "landing gun" intended for navy use ashore. "8 cwt" refers to the weight of the gun and breech, approximately...
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    and the start of the 20th century. In UK service it was known as the QF 6-inch Mk I, II, III guns. As the 15 cm/40 (6") 41st Year Type naval gun it was...
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    1950s. The gun superseded the QF six-inch gun of the 1890s, a period during which the Royal Navy had evaluated QF technology (i.e. loading propellant charges...
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    The QF 4-inch gun Mks I, II, III were early British QF (quick-firing) naval guns originating in 1895. They all had barrels of 40 calibres length. The gun...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 15-inch Mk I naval gun
    The BL 15-inch Mark I succeeded the BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun. It was the first British 15-inch (380 mm) gun design and the most widely used and longest...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk VII naval gun
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 12-inch Mk X naval gun
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk II – VI naval gun
    warships by the QF 6-inch gun from 1891. These were Royal Gun Factory designs, although they were also manufactured by Elswick Ordnance. Mk II followed the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk XII naval gun
    naval gun when World War I began. It was superseded as secondary armament on new battleships in the 1920s by the 50-calibre 6-inch Mk XXII gun, and as main...
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    MASCHINENKANONE IN THE HERERO WAR". "Handbook of the 1-PR. Q.F. Gun", 1902. Page 19, Range Table for British Mk I gun. Muzzle Velocity of 1,800 ft/second, firing...
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    for Ordnance QF, 18-pr Mks I to V 2CRH Shrapnel, 4/7.5 CRH HE, 1929 Range Table for Ordnance QF, 18-pr Mks I to IV 2CRH Shrapnel, 4/7.5 CRH HE, 1929 "Obus...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 12-pounder 18 cwt naval gun
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 7.5-inch Mk II – V naval gun
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun
    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...
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    developed in parallel with the QF 18-pounder used by Royal Field Artillery. The original Mk I barrel was wire wound. Later Mk II barrels had a tapered inner...
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    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...
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    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)...
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    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...
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