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The 2.95 Q.F.
Mountain Gun
Mountain Artillery, later known as Pack Artillery, was a type specially adapted for roadless and mountainous countries. The normal method of transport was on mules or ponies. The 2.95 Q.F. Mountain gun was the first to be fitted with a buffer.The gun recoils in a circular cradle which is fitted with two buffers allowing a short recoil of 14 inches.
Commercially produced by Vickers Sons & Maxim, the 2.95 QF was not adopted by the British for mountain artillery but was chiefly used in tropical Africa and was carried by bearers. It was supplied to the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Gold Coast and Nigeria (30 guns) as part of the West African Frontier Force. Ammuntion used was shrapnel, case shot, star shell, common shell and the 18lb double common shell.
Maximum range - 4,825 yards.
Weight -236lbs (gun)
Total - 830lbs
In 1899 the US purchased 12 guns for use in the Phillipines.
The Portsdown Artillery Volunteers
The Portsdown Artillery Volunteers with the 2.95 Q.F. Mountain Gun at Fort Nelson
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Diagram of the 2.95 QF Mountain Gun
Firing the 2.95 QF gun at Fort Nelson July 2008
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The PAV firing the 2.95 Mountain gun at Kelmarsh Hall July 2008 (Photos Greg Hornsey PFS)