page_title: 1.59-inch Breech-Loading Vickers Q.F. Gun, Mk II
hierarchical_section_title: 1.59-inch Breech-Loading Vickers Q.F. Gun, Mk II
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of British Ordnance Q.F. 1.59-inch Mark II (the "Crayford gun"). The four-legged mounting seen here was not the standard mounting. Believed to have been taken at Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, UK.
context_page_description: The 1.59-inch Breech-Loading Vickers Q.F. Gun, Mk II was a British light artillery piece designed during World War I. Originally intended for use in trench warfare, it was instead tested for air-to-air and air-to-ground use by aircraft. Although it fired shells and had no capability to launch rockets, it was widely but misleadingly known as the "Vickers-Crayford rocket gun."
context_section_description: The 1.59-inch Breech-Loading Vickers Q.F. Gun, Mk II was a British light artillery piece designed during World War I. Originally intended for use in trench warfare, it was instead tested for air-to-air and air-to-ground use by aircraft. Although it fired shells and had no capability to launch rockets, it was widely but misleadingly known as the "Vickers-Crayford rocket gun."
caption: The gun is seen here displayed on a non-standard mounting in 1917
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