The following is a list of guns and equipment used by the RA during the war. Not included are captured guns & equipment or trials and experimental equipment.
Field & Light
Medium
4.5 inch Medium Gun | 60 pdr Gun |
5.5 inch Medium Gun | 6 inch 26 cwt Howitzer |
Heavy & Super Heavy
BL 6 inch Gun Mk XIX | 12 inch Howitzer |
7.2 inch Howitzer | 155 mm Gun |
8 inch Howitzer | 240 mm Howitzer M1 |
9.2 inch Howitzer Mk 2 |
Railway
9.2 inch Gun | 13.5 inch Gun |
12 inch Howitzer | 18 inch Railway Howitzer |
Anti-Tank
2 pounder Gun | 17 pdr Gun |
Hotchkiss 25 mm Gun | 17 pdr Gun SP Archer |
Bofors 37mm Gun | 17 pdr Gun SP M10 |
6 pounder Gun | 3 inch Gun SP M10 |
6 pounder Gun SP Deacon |
Coast
Twin 6 pdr Coast Gun | 8 inch Gun |
12 pdr Coast Defence Gun | 9.2 inch Gun |
4.7 inch Coast Gun | 14 inch Gun |
6 inch Gun | 15 inch Gun |
Emergency Batteries |
Coast Radar
CD/CHL (Coast Defence/ Chain Home Low) | CA No. 1 Marks 2 & 3 |
CD No. 1 Mark 4 (Type 271) | CA No. 2 Mark 1 |
CD No. 1 Marks 5 & 6 | CA No. 1 Mark 4 |
CD No. 1 Mark 6 |
Anti-Aircraft Guns/Rockets
Polsten 20mm Cannon | Crusader III AA MkI 40mm |
Crusader III , AA MkII/MkIII 20mm | 3 inch 20 cwt Gun |
Twin 2 pdr Gun | 3.7 inch Gun |
Browning Quad 0.05 inch Machine gun | 4.5 inch Gun |
40mm Bofors | 5.25 inch Gun |
Morris Commercial C9B, 40mm Bofors SP | Projector, 3 inch (Z Battery) |
Anti-Aircraft other
Projector Searchlight 60 cm | Radar No.2 Mks 1-9 |
Projector Searchlight 90 cm | Radar No.3 Mks 1-7 |
Projector Searchlight 120 cm | Radar No.4 Mks 1-7 |
Projector Searchlight 150 cm | Radar No.5 Mk 2 |
Radar No.1 Mks 1-3 |