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he Ordnance QF 25 pounder, 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. It was considered by many to be the best field artillery piece of the war, combining high rates of fire with a reasonably lethal shell in a highly mobile piece. It was the British Army’s primary artillery field piece well into the 1960s, with smaller numbers serving in training units until the 1980s. Many Commonwealth of Nations countries used theirs in active or reserve service until about the 1970s and ammunition for the weapon is currently being produced by Pakistan Ordnance Factories.
The 25 pounder was the main field artillery gun used by British Commonwealth and colonial infantry and armoured 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 organised into three 8 gun batteries, before mid 1940 each regiment had two batteries of 12 guns. Armoured divisions had two regiments, from 1944 one of these was equipped with the self-propelled 25-pdr nicknamed Sexton. In the late 1950s UK reverted to batteries of 6 guns, field regiments had 2 batteries of 25 pounders and one of 5.5 inch.
Normally the gun was towed, with its limber, usually behind a Morris C8 4×4 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. In the 1950s UK replaced the various "Quads" with a new Bedford 3-ton gun tower fitted with a special to purpose body.
By WWII standards, the 25 pdr was at the smaller-end of the scale although it had longer range than most other field equipments. It was designed for the British practice of suppressive (neutralising) fire, not 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. Nonetheless 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. NATO standardization led to the replacement of the gun with the 105 mm. The last British military unit to fire the gun in its field role (as opposed to in a ceremonial role) was the Gun Troop of the Honourable Artillery Company on Salisbury Plain in 1992.
In addition to Commonwealth and colonial forces other Second World War users included the free forces of France, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The first shot fired by US artillery against the German army in WW2 was fired by a 25pdr of the 34th Infantry division.After the Second World War 25 pounder remained in service with many Commonwealth armies into the 1960s. It was used in Korea by British, Canadian and New Zealand regiments and in Malaya by British and Australian batteries. It also featured in wars on the Indian sub-continent and in the service of Israeli and other Middle Eastern armies.
Since leaving UK service, the last users of the 25-pounder in combat have been the Special Air Service advisors to the Omani Army during the 1972 Battle of Mirbat in Oman, the Cypriot National Guard during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus and by Kurdish militias in northern Iraq in 2003.
The gun was called G1 by the South African Defence Force. It was extensively used in the early stages of the South African Border War, including Operation Savannah. The G1 is still used in the ceremonial role. The Rhodesian Army used the weapon during the Bush War but by this stage the round could not penetrate enemy bunkers.
The 25-pounder was extensively used by the Sri Lankan Army during the early years of the Sri Lankan civil war. It still remains in service, although only in a ceremonial In 1949, 48 ex-British Army Mark III 25-pounders were acquired by the Irish Defence Forces and was in service with the Army Reserve until 2009, having been replaced in the Regular Irish Army by the 105 mm Light Gun in 1981. The Irish Army continues to maintain a 6 gun ceremonial 25 pounder battery for use in state occasions role

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Ezechiele, 25:17. Il cammino dell’uomo timorato è minacciato da ogni parte dalle iniquità degli esseri egoisti e dalla tirannia degli uomini malvagi. Benedetto sia colui che, nel nome della carità e della buona volontà, conduce i deboli attraverso la valle delle tenebre, perché egli è in verità il pastore di suo fratello e il ricercatore dei figli smarriti. E la mia giustizia calerà sopra di loro con grandissima vendetta e furiosissimo sdegno su coloro che si proveranno ad ammorbare, e infine a distruggere i miei fratelli. E tu saprai che il mio nome è quello del Signore, quando farò calare la mia vendetta sopra di te!

Ezequiel 25:17. El camino del hombre recto está por todos lados rodeado por la injusticia de los egoístas y la tiranía de los hombres malos. Bendito sea aquel pastor que en nombre de la caridad y de la buena voluntad saque a los débiles del valle de la oscuridad, porque él es el auténtico guardián de su hermano y el descubridor de los niños perdidos. Y os aseguro que vendré a castigar con gran venganza y furiosa cólera a aquellos que pretendan envenenar y destruir a mis hermanos. Y tú sabrás que mi nombre es Yavhé, cuando caiga mi venganza sobre ti.

Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and goodwill shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.