page_title: Ordnance QF 3-inch howitzer
hierarchical_section_title: Ordnance QF 3-inch howitzer
caption_attribution_description: English: Churchill tank 'Indus' of 'B' Squadron, 9th Royal Tank Regiment, during an exercise at Tilshead on Salisbury Plain, UK. This vehicle, 'Indus' of 'B' Squadron. This vehicle is a Mk I with hull-mounted 3-inch close support howitzer.
context_page_description: Ordnance QF 3 inch howitzer was a howitzer fitted to British cruiser and infantry type tanks of the Second World War so they could fire a smoke shell in "close support" of other tanks or infantry. HE shells were also available.
  Earlier British tanks were fitted with a 3.7 in howitzer.
context_section_description: Ordnance QF 3 inch howitzer was a howitzer fitted to British cruiser and infantry type tanks of the Second World War so they could fire a smoke shell in "close support" of other tanks or infantry. HE shells were also available.
  Earlier British tanks were fitted with a 3.7 in howitzer.
caption: Mk I Churchill tank with hull-mounted 3-inch howitzer on exercises on Salisbury Plain, January 1942
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