MS003 6 pdr 7 cwt A/T MKII, Forbe's Bastion, Northern Defences

Date: 1942

Material: steel

Mount pieces: lower pivot only

Remarks: The Ordnance Quick-Firing 6-pounder 7 cwt 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.

Nine of these types of ordnance arrived in Gibraltar in July 1942 to replace the older 6 pounders and 75mm guns. According to Rollo these were allocated as follows:

17^th August 6 pounder 7 cwt replaced the 6 pounder 6 cwt at Pidsley’s

9^th September 6 pounder 7 cwt replaced the 2 pounder Pom Pom at Lows

5^th September 6 pounder 7 cwt replaced the old 6 pounder at Crutchett’s

5th September 6 pounder 7 cwt replaced the 75 mm at Lower Bombproof

21^st September 6 pounder 7 cwt replaced the 6 pounder 6 cwt at Howitt’s Post

3^rd October 6 pounder 7 cwt replaced the 2 pounder Pom Pom at Cormorant

3^rd October 6 pounder 7 cwt replaced the 6 pounder 6 cwt at Waterport North

By December, another four 6 pounder 7 cwt guns arrived and issued to 974 Defence Battery to replace their eight 2 pounder anti-tank guns.

By 1943, 29 guns were sited as static anti-tank guns at various sites in Gibraltar. These were:

Bass Rock

Noonan’s Nook

Figtree Fissure

Fort William

Fort St. George

Howitt’s Post

Pearces Toe x 2

Lower Pidsley’s

Pidsley’s

Forbes

Moorhead

Covreport

Hesse’s

1 Brigade HQ

Crutchett’s Lower

Crutchett’s Middle

Crutchett’s Upper

Grand Battery East

North Bastion

Waterport North

Waterport South

Duryard

Devon Dumpling

Start Point

Cormorant

Low’s

Lower Parson’s Lodge

Europa Practice

The complete pivot mounting for a 6 pdr 7 cwt A/T MKII can be found at Hesse’s King’s Lines Fuel Depot, mounted within its own purpose built pillbox.