QF 18-pdr polní kanón

Ornance QF 18-pdr gun Mk.I or Mk.II on carriage field QF 18-pdr Mk.I or Mk.II
QF 18-pdr field gun, Mk. I, II


This QF 18-pdr field gun is based on the Chrismase Eve design. This gun, after some modifications, took part in WW2.
These guns were licensed in the USA (815 were produced in total), but had a shorter barrel.
The gun was produced in India, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. During WW1, 1,126 of them were produced.


Interesting fact:
In Soma, these guns used 11,300,000 rounds of ammunition. A total of 99,300,000 rounds of ammunition were produced for these guns during WWI.



TTD Mk.I:

Calibre:83.8 mm
Calibre: 83.8mm
Weight: 1,904 kg
Barrel length: 2 462 mm
Barrel bore length: 2 355 mm
Range: 5 966 m ( 6 525 yards)
Bearing: -5° to +37°30'
Bearing: 9°
Rate of fire: 10 rounds/minute
Ammunition: shrapnel, HE, smoke bombs, chemical-gas gr.



Version:
Mk. I
Mk.II slightly modified from 1916
Mk.IV and Mk.V interwar modifications, tubes, wheels, calibre


TTD Mk.V:
Calibre: 83.8mm
Weight: 1465 kg
Range: 10,500 m
Rate of fire: 10 rounds/minute
Ammunition: HE with a projectile weight of 8.39 kg
Aim: -5° to +37°30´
Bearing: 50°


Source + photos:
Author's archive,
Dale Clarke, British Artillery 1914-1919. Field Army Artillery. Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK, 2004, ISBN 1-84176-688-7
QF 18-pdr polní kanón - Kanón z americké výroby s kratší hlavní

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Interwar finish
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Verze Mark V
QF 18-pdr polní kanón - Toto je 1 meziválečná úprava:
typ Mark 11 PA

Toto je 1 meziválečná úprava:
typ Mark 11 PA

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