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    The BL 5.5-inch gun was a British artillery gun introduced during the Second World War to equip medium batteries. In January 1939 a specification was issued...
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    The BL 4.5 inch medium gun was a British gun used by field artillery in the Second World War for counter-battery fire. Developed as a replacement for the...
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    The Ordnance BL 60-pounder was a British 5-inch (127 mm) heavy field gun designed in 1903–05 to provide a new capability that had been partially met by...
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    standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5 inches (127 mm) in...
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    155mm howitzer M1 and fired the same ammunition as the British BL 4.5-inch medium field gun. Beginning in 1944, the weapon was used by the U.S. Army as corps-level...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun
    The BL 4-inch Mk IX naval gun was a British medium-velocity naval gun introduced in 1917 as secondary armament on the Renown-class battlecruisers and...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun
    The QF 4.5 inch gun has been the standard medium-calibre naval gun used by the Royal Navy as a medium-range weapon capable of use against surface, aircraft...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 5-inch howitzer
    The Ordnance BL 5-inch howitzer was initially introduced to provide the Royal Field Artillery with continuing explosive shell capability following the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 12-inch Mk X naval gun
    The BL 12 inch Gun Mark X was a British 45-calibre naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on battleships and battlecruisers from 1906. It first...
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    The British BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX was introduced in 1916 as a lighter and longer-range field gun replacement for the obsolescent BL 6-inch gun Mk VII. The...
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    replacement BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun came into use but it was reintroduced in Burma due to a number of premature detonations in 5.5-inch (140 mm) guns. It was...
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  • Gun-howitzer BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun BL 7.2-inch Howitzer Mk.I BL 8-inch Howitzer – siege gun BL...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk VIII naval gun
    The BL 4-inch Mark VIII naval gun was a British medium-velocity wire-wound naval gun introduced in 1908 as an anti-torpedo boat gun in smaller ships whose...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk II–VI naval gun
    The BL 6-inch gun Marks II, III, IV and VI were the second and subsequent generations of British 6-inch rifled breechloading naval guns, designed by the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4.7-inch 45-calibre naval gun
    The BL 4.7-inch, 45-calibre gun (actually a metric 120 mm gun) was a British medium-velocity naval gun introduced in 1918 for destroyers, intended to counter...
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  • at least 2018 BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun, a British Army field gun of the World War II era 4.5-inch Gun M1, a United States field gun of World War II...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 5.25-inch naval gun
    The QF 5.25-inch Mark I gun was the heaviest dual-purpose gun used by the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Although considered less than completely...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 8-inch Mk I – VII naval gun
    The BLinch guns Mark I to Mark VII were the first generations of British rifled breechloaders of medium-heavy calibre. They were initially designed...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 7.5-inch Mk II – V naval gun
    The BL 7.5-inch Mk II–Mk V guns were a variety of 50-calibre naval guns used by Britain in World War I. They all had similar performance and fired the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun
    The BL 9.2-inch Mk IX and Mk X guns were British breech loading 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns of 46.7 calibre, in service from 1899 to the 1950s as naval and...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 2.75-inch mountain gun
    The Ordnance BL 2.75-inch mountain gun was a screw gun designed for and used by the Indian Mountain Artillery into World War I. The gun was an improved...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk VII naval gun
    The BL 4-inch gun Mk VII was a British high-velocity naval gun introduced in 1908 as an anti-torpedo boat gun in large ships, and in the main armament...
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  • 25 pounder gun-howitzer BL 5.5-inch medium gun mid-1940s to 1980s L16 81mm mortar M101 105 mm towed howitzer (M2A2) L119 105 mm towed gun M198 155 mm...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 7.5-inch Mk I naval gun
    The BL 7.5-inch gun Mk I was a British 45-calibre, medium-velocity, naval gun which entered service with the Royal Navy in 1905. This gun was only mounted...
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  • 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3 BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun M101 howitzer M114 155 mm howitzer M115 howitzer M37 howitzer motor carriage M36 tank destroyer M40 gun motor...
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  • BL 60-pounder gun BL 4 inch naval gun Mk 1 BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer BL...
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    long-range gun. They all had a barrel of 40 calibres length. The gun was originally designed to replace the older BL 5-inch (127 mm) naval guns. It was optimised...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 5.4-inch howitzer
    The Ordnance BL 5.4-inch howitzer was a version of the British 5-inch howitzer designed for British Indian Army use, especially on the Northwest Frontier...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun
    The BL 6-inch gun Mark VII (and the related Mk VIII) was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy travelling carriage in 1915...
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    BL 14-inch gun on truck, railway were 2 British 14-inch Mk III naval guns mounted on railway carriages, used on the Western Front in 1918. The guns had...
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