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The QF 13pdr is a British artillery weapon developed in 1904 following lessons learned during the Boer War and adopted by the Royal Horse Artillery as a cavalry support weapon. The QF 13pdr was a 3 inch calibre piece firing a 12.5 lb shrapnel shell to a range of 5900 yards. Today the Ordnance QF 13pdr is used for ceremonial and display purposes.
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The QF 15pdr was the British designation for 3 inch calibre artillery guns made by Ehrhardt of Germany, and used during the Boer War and were in service until being withdrawn in 1916. The QF 15pdr fired a 14 lb shrapnel shell to a range of 6400 yards with a muzzle velocity of 511 meters-per-second.
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The QF 17pdr Gun was a British anti-tank gun of the Second World War first issued in 1942 to defend against the German Tiger I tanks in North Africa. The
QF 17pdr Gun fired a 76 mm calibre shell at a muzzle velocity of between 884 and 1203 meters-per-second depending upon ammunition and had a maximum range of 10000 yards. The QF 17pdr Gun could penetrate 109 mm of armour at 1000 metres with standard armour-piercing ammunition and 231 mm using armour-piercing discarding sabot ammunition.
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The QF 18pdr was a British field artillery gun developed in 1904, and which by 1914 was the standard field gun of the British and Commonwealth armies. The
QF 18pdr was a 3.3 inch calibre weapon firing a 18.5 lb shrapnel shell to a range of 8700 metres with a muzzle velocity of 492 meters-per-second.
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The QF 2pdr Mk VII was a British anti-tank gun developed during the 1930s and used during the early part of the Second World War both as a towed infantry anti-tank gun and as a turret-mounted gun in tanks. The fired a 40 mm calibre armour piercing shell to an effective range of 1000 metres at a muzzle velocity of 808 meters-per-second and could penetrate 42 mm of armour at 1000 metres.
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The QF 3 inch 20 cwt was the first British custom-made anti-aircraft gun and was introduced into service in 1914. The QF 3 inch 20 cwt fired a 16.5 lb high-explosive shell to an effective ceiling of 4785 metres with a muzzle velocity of 610 meters-per-second.
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The QF 4.5 inch Gun was a British heavy anti-aircraft gun of the Second World War developed from the Royal Navy 4.5 inch gun, and used around naval installations and large cities for defence. The QF 4.5 inch Gun fired a 24.69 kg high-explosive shell to an effective ceiling of 10521 metres with a muzzle velocity of 732 meters-per-second.
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The QF 4.5 inch Howitzer was a British medium howitzer developed in 1910 and greatly used during the Great War for dropping shells into enemy trenches - it having a 45 degree elevation where as most other field guns could only elevate to 20 degrees - and also used during the Second World War. The
QF 4.5 inch Howitzer fired a 35 lb high-explosive shell to a range of 7000 yards with a muzzle velocity of 313 meters-per-second.
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The QF 6pdr 7cwt Gun Mk 2 was a British 57 mm calibre anti-tank gun produced from 1941 to the 1950s and used as both an infantry towed anti-tank weapon and turret mounted in tanks. The American army also adopted it and called it the 57 mm M1. The QF 6pdr 7cwt Gun Mk 2 fired a tungsten-cored armour-piercing round and later was the first gun to use sabot shot as its standard round. The
QF 6pdr 7cwt Gun Mk 2 had an effective range of 1500 metres and could penetrate 74 mm of armour at 1000 metres with standard AP shells (with a muzzle velocity of 821 meters-per-second) and 146 mm at 1000 metres with sabot rounds (with a muzzle velocity of 1235 meters-per-second).
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The QF Gun Mk 1 was the standard British medium anti-aircraft gun of the Second World War. It was a 3.7 inch calibre gun and fired a 28 lb high-explosive shell to an effective ceiling of 9755 metres with a muzzle velocity of 792 meters-per-second.
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The QF HA Mark I was a British three inch naval anti-aircraft gun developed in 1913. It had a rate of fire of 20 rounds-per-minute and a range of 7315 metres.
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