Ordnance QF 25 pounder
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Ordnance QF 25 pounder is updated to version Beta Two. |
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| Placement | ||
| Faction | British | |
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| Doctrine | Any | |
| Tree | Any | |
| Price | ||
 Manpower
| 350 | |
 Ammunition
| 0 | |
 Fuel
| 160 | |
 Population
| 7 | |
| Attributes | ||
| Squad Size | 3 | |
| Health | 450 | |
| Crew Health | invincible | |
| Targeting | ||
| Target Type | emplacements | |
| Crew Type | invincible | |
| Crew Cover | Emplacement | |
| Vision | ||
| Sight | 35 | |
| Detection | 3/0 | |
| Abilities | ||
| Overwatch 25 Pounder Barrage | ||
| Counter Battery | ||
| 25 Pounder Barrage | ||
| 25 Pounder Super Charge | ||
| Weapons | ||
 25 Pounder Overwatch
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| 25 Pounder Supercharge
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| Creeping Barrage
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| British | Ordnance QF 25 pounder Veterancy | ||||
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 | 10% reduction to scatter angle | 20 |  Level 1
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| 15% reduction to cooldown. | 80 |  Level 2
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| 20% reduction to reload. | 200 |  Level 3
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| Known Unit (Custom Name) | 500 |  Level 4
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| Feared Unit (Custom Skin) | 750 |  Level 5
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The Ordnance QF 25 pounder (3.45" / 87.6mm bore), or more simply, 25-pounder or 25-pdr, was introduced into service just before World War II, during which it served as the major British field gun/howitzer.
History
It was considered by many as the best field artillery piece of the war, combining high rates of fire with a reasonably lethal shell in a highly mobile piece.
The 25 pounder was the main field artillery gun used by British Commonwealth infantry and armored divisions of all types during the Second World War. Throughout the war each British-pattern infantry division was established with seventy two 25 pounders. After mid 1940 each of the division's three field Regiments being issued with 24 guns organized into three 8 gun batteries, before mid 1940 each regiment had two batteries of 12 guns. Armored divisions had two regiments, from 1944 one of these was equipped with the self-propelled 25-pdr nicknamed Sexton.
Normally the gun was towed, with its limber, usually behind a Morris C8 4x4 Field Artillery Tractor called a "Quad". The early 18/25 pdrs had been towed in the field by the Dragon Medium Mark IV a tracked vehicle derived from a light tank. After seeing the utility of the M7 Priest, the British introduced the similar Canadian-designed and built Sexton, mounting the 25 pdr on a Ram tank chassis (itself based on the M3 Lee). Before Sexton the Bishop had been introduced using the Valentine tank chassis.
Even by WWII standards, the 25 pdr was at the smaller-end of the scale although it had longer range than most other field equipments. However, it was designed to support the proven British doctrine of suppressive (neutralizing) fire, not the concept of destructive fire that had proved illusory in the early years of World War I. Most forces had entered the war with even smaller 75 mm designs, but had quickly moved to 105 mm and larger weapons. Nevertheless the 25 pdr was considered by all to be one of the best artillery pieces in use. The devastation caused by the gun (and the speed at which the British artillery control system could respond) in Normandy and the rest of North-West Europe made many German soldiers believe that the British had secretly deployed an automatic 25 pounder.
Tactics & Tips
- Treat is like you would an American M2 105mm Howitzer.
- A beast versus infantry, it is fares poorly versus tanks. Good for finishing off injured ones, but not much else - most shots will bounce off the enemy armor, and the other ones won't do much damage.
- Repair Bunkers are a viable target only if the barrage can't be spent better elsewhere. It will take two barrages to destroy it.
- Expect the enemy to attack your howitzer and kill it by any means necessary. Exploit the enemies frustration by setting up forward mines around the howitzer or a trap.
- A single firestorm usually destroys the gun, however the howitzer sometimes survives. Do not let the enemy take advantage of that.
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