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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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
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.
Ahh is that right? I tried to find out where it might have been used but drew a blank. That sounds plausible to me.
I love how at 0:43, the loader smacked the top of the gunner's head to tell him to fire.
Deaf.
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@@JohnSmith-pl2bk joking that the gunner was deafened from the gunfire and couldn't hear his orders.
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.
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.
What a versatile weapon it was, great info Guys!
An excellent presentation. Please carry on.
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.
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
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Very interesting! Thank you for explaining the differences.
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.
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.
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 - ! 😮
Great video Matt😉
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.
That is very kind of you to say, very much appreciated!
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
Haha we're going to have to think even bigger Matt, th-cam.com/video/39G4ptM5I5I/w-d-xo.html!
I second the 15", otherwise known in british-speak as the 1938-pounder.
BL15Mk1 and BL16Mk1 both proved highly effective against german armour concentrations, neither had much trouble with tigers...
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.
I never knew these had an aircraft mount...that must be some serious recoil in an aircraft, ha. Feel the whole thing shimmy.
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...
Very interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Good gun the old 6pdr. Good video!
Thank you. Certainly seems like it was one of the better ones, good balance between weight and punch. Thanks for watching!
@@TheArmourersBench exactly! The durability and adaptability of this gun demonstrated a masterful design.
Well done
Excellent overview!
Thank you very much!
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?
@ 6:26 how did get there, get fair, then get out?
Its M48 HE shell, not M46. The US made 75x350mm HE shell was the M48.
Thanks for watching
I like it.
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.
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.
@@DavidOfWhitehills A longer barrel ALWAYS results in higher velocity.
@@kiereluurs1243 HE is better lobbed than fired high velocity.
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.
@@DavidOfWhitehills But the US 75mm ammunition used included armour-piercing rounds (M61 and M72)
Worth stressing the accolade of US adoption - US forces used very few overseas designed pieces of equipment.
Yes, indeed!
Would you like some video footage of a 6pdr with the sighting gear and traverse arm rest in place?
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
great video
I'm from indonesia
would u please send me the narrative?
make me easy to understand....
Certainly, you can find it here. armourersbench.com/2019/04/28/the-6pdr-qf-anti-tank-gun/ thanks for watching!
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
Absolutely, thanks Phil, and thanks for watching!
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English please.
1:08 The 2 pounder could fire HE rounds too.
I had read that too although the 2 pounder HE shells weren't very powerful.
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.
There is just sound no video!
Weird! Working fine for me on a couple of platforms. Try another device?
Can I get technical drawings of this gun?
You could probably find them in a UK archive somewhere.
@@TheArmourersBench There is no record of it. I tried.
Oh no, it'll be there. It'll be at the Royal Armouries or National Archives at Kew.
@@TheArmourersBench You mean the museum?
Yes the Museum's Library/Archive.
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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?
Plenty of good stuff, have a look on the Imperial War Museum's archive.
Learn to pronounce names first, before butchering them.
Like Oosterbeek.
Try Forvo.