Sunday 6 February 2011

Big Picture : 25 pdr Gun in Action

The 25 Pounder (or 25-pdr) was probably the best field gun of the British Army and saw service from just before WWII right into the 1980's. There are quite a few examples used for reenactment firing exercises and this one was photographed at the Royal Gunpowder Mills in 2007.


Back in May 2009 I posted a video of a battery of 25-pdrs in action at at the Military Odyssey show in Kent (also in 2007).
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  1. Paul´s Bods6 February 2011 at 13:40

    Cracking photo. I used to have 10 sets of this gun with the quads etc (airfix) when I was a nipper...
    I always thought the "turningplate " had to be put down when it was fired due to balance (or such like)
    Cheers
    paul

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  2. The Angry Lurker6 February 2011 at 15:29

    This along with the german 88 were the best artillery pieces of the second world war.

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  3. Ray Rousell6 February 2011 at 18:19

    Nice photo!!

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