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The 25-Pounder Field Gun

In Service: 1940-Present
Shell weight: 11.5 kg (25 lb) (HE including fuze)
Shell: 88 x 292mm R; High explosive; Anti-tank; Smoke; HESH
Maximum firing range: 12,253 m (13,400 yd) (HE shell)
Muzzle velocity: 198 to 532 m/s (650 to 1,750 ft/s)
Calibre: 87.6 mm (3.45 in)
Crew: 6
Barrel length: 2.47 m (8 ft 1 in) (28 calibres)
Workmen forge a barrel of a 25-pounder field gun, Sorel P.Q. Workmen operate lathes to machine the barrel of 25-pounder field guns. Workmen machine the carriages of a 25-pounder. Test firing a 25-pounder at Valcartier. Breech of the 25-pounder. Personnel 1st Field Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. Gunners, 7th Battery, 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.), Nissoria, Italy, 23-28 July 1943. Korea, guns of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. Korea, firing the last round. On the right Gunner P. A. Cook member of the Legion Branch 67. Ford CMP Quad Gun Tractor. Artillery Limber of the 25 pounder. 7th Toronto Regiment. Firing the 25-pounder. Firing Salute, Toronto. 25-pounder Base Charges. 25-pounder rounds: smoke, armour-piercing, high explosive, High Explosive Projectile, Smoke Projectile. Battle Dress 1947 Pattern, Blouses Serge. (Korean War period) Warrant Officer. Other Ranks' Summer Service Dress Jacket (Tropical Worsted) Pattern 1949, Warrant Officer.