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Posted: Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:05 PM UTC
I realize the British used the weight of a round to designate a weapon system (25 pounder, 18 pounder, etc). Can someone direct me to a source that specifies of how to translate pounds to millimeters?
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DJ
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Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007 - 12:21 AM UTC
Hi DJ

I presume you want to know what the actual calibre of these guns were. Here's four of the most common:

25 pounder - 87.5mm
18 pounder - 84mm
17 pounder - 76.2mm
6 pounder - 57mm

I hope they're of some use to you.

Dave
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Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007 - 01:16 AM UTC

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Hi DJ

I presume you want to know what the actual calibre of these guns were. Here's four of the most common:

25 pounder - 87.5mm
18 pounder - 84mm
17 pounder - 76.2mm
6 pounder - 57mm

I hope they're of some use to you.

Dave


Dave-- that's what I am looking for....is the Comet 77mm main gun also a pound type designation?
thanks again
DJ
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Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007 - 01:22 AM UTC
This should answer your question. Quote from Wikipedia:


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The tank designers opted to use a highly modified version of the 17 pounder, the 77 mm (despite the fact that it was still of the same 76.2mm calibre as the 17 pdr it was named the 77mm because it used different and non-interchangeable ammunition to the 17 pdr) that had a lower muzzle velocity than the O.Q.F 17-pdr.


Dave
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Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007 - 01:25 AM UTC
Dave-- thanks again.. Comet is next on the work bench. I ordered the after market market and gun tube from Lucky Models and am awaiting their arrival.
Appreciate your help
DJ
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Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007 - 02:15 AM UTC
You cannot 'translate' pounds into millimeters unfortunately, all you can do is to discover the actual barrel diameter for each type.
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