British 6 pdr Anti-Tank Gun

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The British QF 6-pounder AT Gun was introduced in 1942, joining the lighter 2pdr, the new gun was more capable of dealing with the increasing thickness of Axis armour. The 6pdr first saw action in North Africa and was used throughout the war in Europe and Asia. It also armed a series of British armoured cars, tanks, ships and even aircraft!
In this video Matt looks at the history, development and use of Britain's second dedicated anti-tank gun.
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@TheArmourersBench 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching, check out my accompanying blog about the 6pdr here: armourersbench.com/2019/04/28/the-6pdr-qf-anti-tank-gun/ Hope you enjoyed the video! - Matt

@gunner678 5 лет назад

The example you show, with the remote firing switch, were used in the self proprelled in the back of the whites half track I think, particularly in XXX Corps.

@TheArmourersBench 5 лет назад

Ahh is that right? I tried to find out where it might have been used but drew a blank. That sounds plausible to me.

@enraikow6109 2 года назад

I love how at 0:43, the loader smacked the top of the gunner's head to tell him to fire.

@georgemorley1029 Месяц назад

Deaf.

@JohnSmith-pl2bk Месяц назад

@@georgemorley1029 Pardon?

@trulyinfamous Месяц назад

@@JohnSmith-pl2bk joking that the gunner was deafened from the gunfire and couldn't hear his orders.

@bobmetcalfe9640 Месяц назад

There is a theory that any US 57 mm guns which knocked out German tanks in the Battle of the Bulge had managed to get hold of British APDS ammunition. Seems quite reasonable given the performance of other types of ammunition, and the lateness of the battle.

@romanbrough 25 дней назад

I recently listened to a book about this operation and some units of US 57 mm guns hid up side streets and destroyed all German armour coming along the main road.

@nickgardner1507 2 месяца назад

What a versatile weapon it was, great info Guys!

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- 9 месяцев назад

While the British army didn’t have the kind of armour thickness of the Tigers and Panthers, they were able to offset that by producing excellent anti tank guns allowing them to compete with the German tanks.

@jukeseyable 4 месяца назад

not so much the guns, yes the 17 pdr is clearly more powerfull than its predicessors. But the more powerful guns was the route the germans took with their 128 mm, but for the most part stuck to conventional AP all be it large british improvments largely came from improvements in ammunition, they were the first to really develop sub calabre ammunition, that would eventually lead to APFSDS

@Doctorgeo7 Месяц назад

Churchill mk 7 asks, "What about us?"

@simongee8928 16 дней назад

The 6pdr. was also used in a twin mount on some coastal artilley locations. According to the late Ian V. Hogg, a good crew could achieve a rate of fire of over 100 rounds a minute - ! 😮

@matthayward7889 5 лет назад

TAB guns are getting bigger and bigger! “Next week on TAB, we look at the naval 15” Mark I” 8:10 the excellent de havilland museum has a complete autoloading 6pdr next to one of its mosquitos

@TheArmourersBench 5 лет назад

Haha we're going to have to think even bigger Matt, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-39G4ptM5I5I.html!

@b.griffin317 5 лет назад

I second the 15", otherwise known in british-speak as the 1938-pounder.

@EddietheBastard Год назад

BL15Mk1 and BL16Mk1 both proved highly effective against german armour concentrations, neither had much trouble with tigers...

@PaulP999 Месяц назад

The very reliable "Ivan" Hogg states that there was a high explosive shell for the 2-pdr, "shell 2T, H.E." but it was seldom issued due to its modest charge. Enjoyed your video very much.

@TheArmourersBench Месяц назад

I recall reading that, it seems that there may well have been one, just that it was never really used... Thank you and thanks for watching, plenty more like it on the channel.

@muziekjes6811 3 года назад

7:42 According to wikipedia, what you are showing at 7:42 is not the Deacon but actually the M7 Priest. The Deacon is the AEC Mk I Gun Carrier, which you are showing at 7:35.

@martinjones3519 Месяц назад

An excellent presentation. Please carry on.

@charliemyres5450 Месяц назад

Very interesting! Thank you for explaining the differences.

@victuff9765 5 лет назад

Great video Matt😉

@Jesses001 5 лет назад

I never knew these had an aircraft mount...that must be some serious recoil in an aircraft, ha. Feel the whole thing shimmy.

@JohnSmith-pl2bk Месяц назад

The wooden aircraft construction soaked up the recoil far better than aircraft using aluminium "bearers"...ali tended to tear apart. In fact the wooden mounting system carried over into the 30mm Aden cannon on the De Havilland Vampire...

@helrayzer 12 дней назад

You forgot to mention the Valentine tank (mark VIII and IX) upgunned from the 2pdr. I am not sure the Churchill tanks used at Dieppe were armed with the 6pdr, I think they only had the 2pdr turret gun and the 3"howitzer hull gun (I can't find any proof of this, but my understanding is that it was the Churchill's first combat, only Mk1s were used).

@_pawter Месяц назад

Your voice for delivery of this type of material is excellent. The timbre and pacing made this an easy, informative 10 minutes that I do not feel I wasted.

@TheArmourersBench Месяц назад

That is very kind of you to say, very much appreciated!

@chrismannion3418 Год назад

Great video, thank you so much for posting. Very informative and well-made. If I may ask, the IWM photo of the 3 knocked out Panzer's at 5:55, do you by chance know the cat number?

@eifionhowells 19 дней назад

Very interesting. Thank you.

@TheArmourersBench 18 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@EddietheBastard Год назад

Worth stressing the accolade of US adoption - US forces used very few overseas designed pieces of equipment.

@TheArmourersBench Год назад

Yes, indeed!

@gunner678 5 лет назад

Good gun the old 6pdr. Good video!

@TheArmourersBench 5 лет назад

Thank you. Certainly seems like it was one of the better ones, good balance between weight and punch. Thanks for watching!

@gunner678 5 лет назад

@@TheArmourersBench exactly! The durability and adaptability of this gun demonstrated a masterful design.

@jc-d6179 Месяц назад

Excellent overview!

@TheArmourersBench Месяц назад

Thank you very much!

@chadmysliviec8449 Месяц назад

Its M48 HE shell, not M46. The US made 75x350mm HE shell was the M48.

@TheArmourersBench Месяц назад

Thanks for watching

@raywhitehead730 Месяц назад

Well done

@andrewholburn3094 Месяц назад

@ 6:26 how did get there, get fair, then get out?

@stevethomas4310 Месяц назад

Great video. I do have a question, when they bored out the 6pdr to make the 75mm they apparently shortened the barrel. Was this the reason the 75mm had less penetration, and if so why shorten it? Thanks.

@DavidOfWhitehills Месяц назад

The thinner barrel walls would not survive a high velocity charge, so the propellant was greatly reduced. So the longer barrel was unnecessary. 75mm for a bigger HE burst, armour piercing not so important. These are just guesses.

@kiereluurs1243 Месяц назад

@@DavidOfWhitehills A longer barrel ALWAYS results in higher velocity.

@DavidOfWhitehills Месяц назад

@@kiereluurs1243 HE is better lobbed than fired high velocity.

@gleggett3817 Месяц назад

The barrel of the QF 75mm is 2.74 m, the barrel of a 6-pdr is 2.5 m for the short barrel (early production) and 2.82 metre for the long barreled version so there's not a lot in it.

@gleggett3817 Месяц назад

@@DavidOfWhitehills But the US 75mm ammunition used included armour-piercing rounds (M61 and M72)

@raywhitehead730 Месяц назад

I like it.

@philandrawis6232 2 года назад

just for the record a lot of them were shipped to Korea and used in the conflict their along side the with the 17 pounder and served with all allied troops weather built in England ,Canada or the USA and their after the Suze conflict then it was total retired or sold to other nations

@TheArmourersBench 2 года назад

Absolutely, thanks Phil, and thanks for watching!

@kiereluurs1243 Месяц назад

There, ... English please.

@oldsklrolla 3 года назад

Would you like some video footage of a 6pdr with the sighting gear and traverse arm rest in place?

@TheArmourersBench 3 года назад

I would love some footage yes, if you have some it'd be great to do a follow up and point those out! I've also found more contemporary footage I would have liked to include in this video but didn't have it at the time. Drop us an email armourersbench@gmail.com

@sheenazceisya9813 5 лет назад

great video I'm from indonesia would u please send me the narrative? make me easy to understand....

@TheArmourersBench 5 лет назад

Certainly, you can find it here. armourersbench.com/2019/04/28/the-6pdr-qf-anti-tank-gun/ thanks for watching!

@volters9561 8 месяцев назад

1:08 The 2 pounder could fire HE rounds too.

@colinbarron4 Месяц назад

I had read that too although the 2 pounder HE shells weren't very powerful.

@chadmysliviec8449 Месяц назад

Technically it could, but the 40mm HE shell for the 2 pounder was never put into production. 85 grams of explosive is just not effective at all for infantry support.

@josephgallacher3729 6 дней назад

The USA adopted it to re0lace their outdated 37mm

@lcdrhobiesaunders446 2 года назад

There is just sound no video!

@TheArmourersBench 2 года назад

Weird! Working fine for me on a couple of platforms. Try another device?

@DevS25 4 года назад

Can I get technical drawings of this gun?

@TheArmourersBench 4 года назад

You could probably find them in a UK archive somewhere.

@DevS25 4 года назад

@@TheArmourersBench There is no record of it. I tried.

@TheArmourersBench 4 года назад

Oh no, it'll be there. It'll be at the Royal Armouries or National Archives at Kew.

@DevS25 4 года назад

@@TheArmourersBench You mean the museum?

@TheArmourersBench 4 года назад

Yes the Museum's Library/Archive.

@golkgermany6552 5 месяцев назад

ععع

@kiereluurs1243 Месяц назад

Learn to pronounce names first, before butchering them. Like Oosterbeek. Try Forvo.

@stephend4909 Месяц назад

Why? Every time we see footage of our ordnance "in action" it is always so posed and "pretendy"? We see relevant German footage and its real, things go boom. Why is ours so lame?

@TheArmourersBench Месяц назад

Plenty of good stuff, have a look on the Imperial War Museum's archive.