The QF 25-pdr is the result of studies to replace both the field gun Ordnance QF 18 pounder howitzer and 4.5 inch QF 4.5, which had been the main British field artillery pieces during the First World War. Mk 2 version look Mk1,…
As the first guns were being produced news of the appearance of the German Tiger Tank, so about 100 17-pdr barrels were fitted to 25-pdr carriages, as the proper 17-pdr split-trail carriages were not ready, and flown to North…