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25pdr Mk2/1 howitzer
1943 Mk2/1 25pdr Howitzer on Mk1 Carriage
(c/w No.27Mk1/L Artillery Trailer)

Caliber: ....................... 3.45 in. (87.6mm)
Rifling & Twist: ............. One turn in 20 calibers
Barrel Length: .............. 31 calibers
Overall Length: ............ 7ft 6in. (2.71m)
Weight: ....................... 1800 kg (total weight of gun in action), 1360 kg (total weight of loaded trailer)
Magazine Capacity: ...... 32 rounds (AP, HE and Smoke)
Qty Mfg: ...................... The MkII was manufactured 1940-1944. Quantity unknown.
Muzzle Velocity............. 520m/s ("super" charge), 610m/s (Armor Piercing "Super" charge)
Effective Range............. 12,250m
Elevation...................... -5° to +40°
Traverse....................... 4° right and left

Source: .... Juno Beach Centre, Ordnance QF 25 pounder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Front view showing the muzzle break which makes this a Mk2/1 as opposed to just a Mk2.

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Full view of the Mk2/1 25 pounder field gun and carriage.

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The markings are difficult to read filled with paint, but they are:
25P II./I
S.I.L. 1943.
CANADA


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View of the gun's mechanisms.

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Data plate for the gun carriage, marked:
Trailer Artillery
No.27 Mark I/L/
R.R.M. Co. Ltd. 1943 (the 3 is overstruck on a 2)
REG No 209555
PAT Nos 471769


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Front view of the artillery trailer.

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Rear view of the artillery trailer (this is where the whole gun assembly was towed from)

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This 25 pounder is displayed at the 30th field regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery, formed as the 2nd Volunteer Militia Field Battery of Ottawa by the Militia Act on September 27, 1855. The regiment's nickname is “The Bytown Gunners".

   
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