What caliber is a 2 pounder?
What caliber is a 2 pounder?
40 mm
Ordnance QF 2-pounder
| Ordnance QF 2 pounder | |
|---|---|
| Calibre | 40 mm (1.575 in) |
| Breech | Semi-automatic vertical sliding-block |
| Recoil | Hydro-spring |
| Carriage | three-leg platform |
What caliber was the British 2 pounder gun?
Beginning in 1934, British authorities submitted a requirement for an anti-tank gun of 40mm (2-pounder) caliber. Vickers-Armstrong proceeded with development but the British Army was slow to move, instead seeing the new gun being sold to interested foreign parties.
What caliber is a 20 pounder gun?
| 20-pounder Parrott rifle | |
|---|---|
| Caliber | 3.67 in (93 mm) |
| Barrels | 1 |
| Action | Muzzle loading |
| Carriage | 1,175 lb (533 kg) |
What caliber is a 3 pounder?
OQF 3-pounder gun
| Ordnance QF 3 pounder gun Mk I, Mk II | |
|---|---|
| Specifications | |
| Barrel length | 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) bore (32 cal) or 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) (40 cal) |
| Shell | 47x351R. 1.47 kg (3 lb 4 oz) shell. |
| Calibre | 47-millimetre (1.85 in) |
Who invented the pom pom gun?
Hiram Maxim
History. Hiram Maxim originally designed the Pom-Pom in the late 1880s as an enlarged version of the Maxim machine gun.
What MM is a 20 pounder gun?
84 mm
The Ordnance QF 20 pounder (known as 20 pounder, 20 pdr or simply 20-pr) was a British 84 mm (3.307 inch) tank gun. It was introduced in 1948 and used in the Centurion main battle tank, Charioteer medium tank, and Caernarvon Mark II heavy tank.
What is a four pound gun?
The Canon de 4 Gribeauval or 4-pounder was a French cannon and part of the artillery system developed by Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. The Old French pound (French: livre) was 1.079 English pounds, making the weight of shot about 4.3 English pounds.