Re: \"pounder\" v. millimeter equivalents
It's quite odd really.
Though maybe less interesting to people less ww2 obsessed.
Anyhow and fwiw.
The British used a number of french 25mm ATG in 1940, which weren't too brilliant for that time even. They don't seem to have used any of the french 47mm though. Which they might have called 3pdr.
The French 47mm was a very good gun for that time but presumably the French didn't feel they had a surplus.
The 2pdr was good but the ammo wasn't so brilliant until late 1941 I think. The introduction of face hardening on pz4 particularly highlit the fact that the original design of AP had a tendency to shatter.
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