2-pounder gun
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2-pounder gun, 2-pounder and QF 2 pounder or QF 2-pdr are abbreviations used for various guns which fired a projectile weighing approximately 2 pounds (0.91 kg). It may refer to :
- QF 2 pounder Mk II & Mk VIII "pom-pom"QF 2 pounder naval gunThe 2-pounder gun, officially designated the QF 2-pounder and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 1.575 inch British autocannon, used famously as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. The name came from the sound that the original models make when firing...
Vickers 40mm naval anti-aircraft autocannon of World War I and World War II - QF 2 pounder Mk XIV Rolls-Royce 40mm gun of World War II.
- QF 2 pounder Mk IX and Mk XOrdnance QF 2 pounderThe Ordnance QF 2-pounder was a British anti-tank and vehicle-mounted gun, employed in the Second World War. It was actively used in the Battle of France, and during the North Africa campaign...
British 40mm tank and anti-tank gun of World War II.