page_title: QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer
section_title: Interwar years
hierarchical_section_title: QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer / History / Interwar years
caption_attribution_description: SERVICE OF SERGEANT HARRY EWIN WITH THE ROYAL ARTILLERY IN INDIA DURING THE EARLY 1930s Mountain guns (3.7 inch pack howitzers) of No.11 Light Battery (RFA) deployed in open positions on a hillside. One gun, crewed by Indian gunners, has just fired a round.
context_page_description: Ordnance, QF 3.7-inch howitzer is a mountain gun, used by British and Commonwealth armies in the First and Second World Wars, and between the wars.
context_section_description: The 3.7-inch Howitzer superseded the 2.75-inch Mountain Gun following the First World War. It was used by mountain artillery regiments of the Royal Artillery and the Indian Artillery, and saw much service on the North West Frontier of India between the wars.
caption: Indian gun crew firing, India, circa. 1930
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