The 22C telescope was used with the 2-pounder, 6-pounder, and Bofors AA gun. It is painted black and made of tooled metal, measuring approximately 14” in length with a 25mm diameter opening at the sighting/eye end and a 30mm diameter at the target end. It is well marked with "TELESCOPE SIGHTING NO 22C MK2 , 1941, No 6839, ," a broad arrow, and " O.S.163. G A. With markers mark.
A quick-firing or rapid-firing gun is an artillery piece, typically a gun or howitzer, that has several characteristics which taken together mean the weapon can fire at a fast rate. Quick-firing was introduced worldwide in the 1880s and 1890s and had a marked impact on war both on land and at sea. The quick-firing howitzer offered the potential for practical indirect fire. Traditional howitzers had been employed to engage targets outside their line of fire, but were very slow to aim and reload. Quick-firing weapons were capable of a heavy indirect bombardment, and this was the main mode of their employment during the 20th century.
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