The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was a type of British motor torpedo boat and motor gunboat, conceived by entrepreneur Noel Macklin of Fairmile Marine and designed by naval architect Bill Holt for th
The Fairmile D motor gun boat MGB 606
6-pounder (57 mm) guns with Molins autoloader were mounted on some of the D-class MTBs
Back view of the same gun
MTB 459 at speed, 1944
Ordnance QF 6-pounder
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The Ordnance quick-firing 6-pounder 7 cwt, or just 6-pounder, was a British 57 mm gun, serving during the Second World War as a primary anti-tank gun of both the British and United States Army. It was
Fairmile D motor torpedo boat
…full load Range 506 nmi (937 km; 582 mi) at max revolutions 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) Complement 21 Armament 2 × single 6 pounder guns 4 × 20mm Oerlikon (2 × single, 1 × twin) 2 × twin .303 Vickers K machine guns 4 × light boat depth charges Searchlight TSA smoke generator Notes Armament…
QF 6-pounder at Rawalpindi
A Canadian gun crew performing maintenance on the bore of their 6-pounder
A US-built 57mm M1A1 or M1A2 copy of the 6-pounder anti-tank gun and its crew in action in the Western Desert, November 1942
A gun of 86th Anti-Tank Regiment prepares to fire during a practice shoot at the Royal Artillery ranges, September 1942