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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counter-battery fire. Developed as a replacement for the BL 60-pounder gun it used the same carriage as the BL 5.5-inch medium gun but fired a lighter round further...
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The Ordnance BL 15-pounder, otherwise known as the 15-pounder 7 cwt, was the British Army's field gun in the Second Boer War and some remained in limited...
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The 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...
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a brass case rather than a cloth or silk bag typical of "BL" guns. In formal British ordnance terminology the term QF came to mean that the propellant...
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modified from the British BL 8-inch howitzer carriage Mark VII, and was called the 6-inch gun carriage Mark VIIIA. The US Army Ordnance Department's "Handbook...
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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 10 pounder mountain gun was developed as a BL successor to the RML 2.5 inch screw gun which was outclassed in the Second Boer War. This...
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The Ordnance 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...
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The BL 4-inch gun Mk I – Mk VI were a family of early British breech-loading 4-inch naval guns. This was the first 4-inch BL gun. With its short (60-inch...
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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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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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and successful service history of any British heavy ordnance. The Mk IX/X guns succeeded the BL 9.2-inch Mk VIII naval gun and increased the bore length...
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6-inch breechloader, the relatively unsuccessful BL 6-inch 80-pounder gun designed by Elswick Ordnance. They were originally designed to use the old gunpowder...
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denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. These were the eleventh and twelfth models of BL 12-inch guns. 850 lb shells : Treatise on Ammunition...
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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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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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(Hansard). 25 March 1907. "BR 12in 45cal BL Mk X". navalhistory.flixco.info. Retrieved 9 November 2018. 850 lb shells : Treatise on Ammunition, 1915 2700...
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The BL 12-inch Mark VIII naval gun was one of the first large British rifled breech-loading naval guns designed for the higher pressures generated by the...
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QF 18-pounder gun (redirect from British Ordnance QF 18 pdr)
its existing field gun, the BL 15-pounder 7 cwt. In 1900, General Sir Henry Brackenbury, the then director-general of ordnance, sent officers to visit European...
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numerals to denote Marks (models) of ordnance until after World War II. Mark VII indicates this was the seventh model of BL 4-inch gun. Campbell, Naval Weapons...
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were used similarly to the BL 9.2-inch howitzer but were quicker to manufacture and more mobile. They delivered a 200 lb (91 kg) shell to 12,300 yd (7...
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through fifth model/version/Mark of British BL 7.5-inch naval guns Mk II (coast defence) : 2840 ft/second with 62 lb 12 oz cordite MD size 26 (Special for India)(Hogg...
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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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BLC 15-pounder gun (redirect from Ordnance BLC 15 pounder)
The Ordnance BLC 15-pounder gun (BLC stood for BL Converted) was a modernised version of the obsolete BL 15-pounder 7 cwt gun, incorporating a recoil and...
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The 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...
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of the BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun and was developed to equip the "large light cruiser" (a form of battlecruiser) Furious. Its barrel length of 60 ft (18 m)...
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sixteen of the smaller BL 9.2-inch Railway Guns in service by the end of the war, which together fired a total of 45,000 rounds. The BL 12-inch railway gun...
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the British Army or the Indian Army, which used the BL 10 pounder Mountain Gun and later the BL 2.75-inch Mountain Gun, but it was used from 1900 by...
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Anti-Tank Gun 25 lb Anti-Tank mine (Irish made) The 'De Valera' mine (Irish made) Brandt Mle 27/31 ML-3 Inch Brandt Mle 1935 QF 18-pounder gun BL 60-pounder gun...
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