Ordnance QF 25 pounder Field gun/howitzer

25 pounder field gun of the 2/3 Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery being emplaced at Boram Strip near Wewak, New Guinea, June 1945.
Date: 7 June 1945
Australian War Memorial catalogue number 092988

Photo by NJRZA

Display of 25 pdr shells and cases. Left to right: Smoke (Modern, NATO standard colour "eau de nil"), Armour-piercing, HE (RDX/TNT), HE (Amatol),
Smoke (1939-1945, British colour scheme Brunswick Green). Although some shells are shown in the cases,
the shell and the case were separate items even in the bore before firing. Text by NJRZA.

Type Field gun / howitzer

Origin: United Kingdom

Service: 1930s to 1967 with the British Army. Also used by Commonwealth Forces.

War service: Wars World War II, Korea and other wars involving Commonwealth Countries.

Manufacturer: Royal Ordnance

Variants: Marks I, II, III and Short

Crew 6

Shell weight:  25 pounds (11.34 kg) ie name.

Calibre 3.45 in (87.6 mm)

Rate of fire 6-8 round/min

Maximum range 12,250 m HE shell with Charge Super