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==IRL== The 25-pounder Howitzer started out as a new design post WWI for a new Howitzer. While the design had been finished, it was slow to be introduced due to a lack of funding, because peace, great depression and shit. It could fling 8.76 cm (~3+ in shells) well over 2 miles. Unique compared to most Howitzers, it had a plate strapped to the bottom of it that the wheels could be rolled onto to allow a smooth flat surface for quick rotation of the gun. After Hitler started <s>the Great Crusade</s> World War II: electric boogaloo, the QF was organized into Field Artillery Regiments of approximately 24 guns, with each gun commanded by a Sergeant and operated by 5 junior soldiers. The British were extremely well trained in their use, and by 1944-1945 the Germans fully believed that the Bongs had developed an automatic version of the weapon. The Aussies developed a lighter version of the weapon that could be transported by air, as well as having the advantage of being light enough to be dragged by a Jeep or manhandled up difficult terrain, all traits that made it invaluable in the jungle heavy mountains of Burma and New Guinea. There were also experiments in mounting the weapon in a turret atop a Valentine Chassis they called the Bishop. It has all the problems of the KV-2 with none of the benefits and was quickly abandoned for the Priest. The Weapon served as far as 1980 in training units, and even today the Pakistanis are still making ammo for the damn things, mostly because Russia doesn't like them as much as they like India. {{Template:British Forces in Flames of War}}
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