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The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt,[note 1] or just 6-pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, serving during the Second World War as a primary anti-tank gun of both the British and United States Army (as the 57 mm Gun M1). It was also used as the main armament for a number of armoured fighting vehicles. Although designed before the start of the war, it did not reach service until the North African Campaign in April 1942. There, it replaced the 2-pounder as an anti-tank gun, allowing the 25-pounder gun-howitzer to revert to its intended artillery role.

6-pounder anti-tank artillery

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  15. Pamphlet, "Section 14"
  16. There were also practice rounds and blank rounds
  17. Together with different combinations of propelling charge these were Cartridges Mark IT through to Mark IVT and "HV" cartridges IT and IIT
  18. "HE Shell Mk I, foil" and "HE Shell Mk IIT, foil" using the Mk IM case
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  21. barrel length not given in source
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