The BL 18-inch railway howitzer (formally Ordnance BL 18-inch Mk I howitzer on truck, railway) was a British railway gun developed during World War I....
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British Ordnance BL 12 inch howitzer on truck, railway, a type of railway gun, was developed following the success of the 9.2-inch siege howitzer. It was similar...
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The Ordnance BL 9.2-inch howitzer was a heavy siege howitzer that formed the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World...
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Ordnance BL 12-inch howitzer was a scaled-up version of the successful BL 9.2-inch siege howitzer. Following the success of their BL 9.2-inch howitzer, Vickers...
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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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The Ordnance BL 6 inch 26cwt howitzer was a British howitzer used during World War I and World War II. The qualifier "26cwt" refers to the weight of the...
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The BL 8-inch howitzer Marks VI, VII and VIII (6, 7 and 8) were a series of British artillery siege howitzers on mobile carriages of a new design introduced...
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BL 15-inch howitzer was developed by the Coventry Ordnance Works late in 1914 in response to the success of its design of the 9.2-inch siege howitzer...
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The Ordnance BL 6 inch 30cwt howitzer was a British medium howitzer used in the Second Boer War and early in World War I. The qualifier "30cwt" refers...
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QF 4.5-inch howitzer was the standard British Empire field (or "light") howitzer of the First World War era. It replaced the BL 5-inch howitzer and equipped...
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The BL 8-inch howitzer Mark I through to Mark V (1 to 5) were a British improvisation developed early in the First World War to provide heavy artillery...
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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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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. The...
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railway gun BL 12-inch Mk V railway howitzer BL 13.5-inch Mk V railway gun BL 18-inch railway howitzer QF 3-inch 20 cwt Oerlikon 20 mm cannon -light anti-aircraft...
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Railway guns were large guns and howitzers mounted on and fired from specially constructed railway cars. They have been obsolete since World War II and...
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Ordnance 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...
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service. Heyday: 15th to 17th centuries Heyday: 16th to 19th centuries Twenty-inch (508 mm) Rodman and Dahlgren smoothbore cannons were cast in 1864 during...
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The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I. It was the largest and heaviest gun ever used...
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Ordnance BL 9.2 inch gun on truck, railway mounted a variety of surplus 9.2 inch naval guns, together with the custom-designed Mk XIII railway gun, on...
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Ordnance BL 12 inch gun Mk IX on truck, railway mounted surplus 12 inch Mk IX W naval guns, manufactured by Woolwich Arsenal in 1906, on various railway platforms...
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equivalent BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer : approximate British equivalent Rimailho Model 1904TR : approximate French equivalent 152 mm howitzer M1910 : approximate...
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Dover on the Southern Railway line to Deal and Ramsgate. The 18-inch howitzer "Boche Buster" was sited on the Elham Valley Railway, between Bridge, Kent...
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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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6-inch naval guns were converted to 8-inch howitzers. Sixty-three QF 6-inch Mk II guns were shortened, bored out to 8 in (200 mm) and converted to BL type...
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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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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....
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Border War. Soviet anti-tank guns in particular were exported to at least 18 other countries after being retired from service, and have continued to see...
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1920 BL 9.2 inch Howitzer World War I siege howitzer BL 12 inch Howitzer World War I siege howitzer BL 15 inch Howitzer World War I siege howitzer RML...
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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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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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