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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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    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. It...
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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-pounder 6 cwt was a lighter version of the British 12-pounder 7 cwt gun, used by the Royal Horse Artillery in the late 19th and early...
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    heaviest artillery gun was the 60 pounder gun, four in each of the heavy batteries. The Royal Horse Artillery had the QF 13 pounder gun and the Royal Field...
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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 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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  • 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 Ordnance QF 18-pounder, or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era. It formed the backbone of the...
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    The Ordnance QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss Mk I and Mk II was a shortened version of the original QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss naval gun, and was developed specifically...
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    Ehrhard QF 15-pounder and BL 12-pounder 6 cwt. It was intended as a rapid-firing and highly-mobile, yet reasonably powerful, field gun for Royal Horse Artillery...
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    field gun, the BL 15-pounder, was out-performed by modern French and German field guns deployed by the Boers. It bore no relation to the BL 15-pounder or...
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  • Thumbnail for BLC 15-pounder gun
    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...
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    relied on shrapnel fired by QF 13 pounder and 18-pounder field guns as its primary medium range anti-personnel weapon. The gun was experimentally mounted on...
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    6-pounders from France starting in 1904 to replace its 3-pounder and 1-pounder guns in the anti-torpedo boat role. In addition to 40 caliber guns, 50...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk II–VI naval gun
    designed by the Royal Gun Factory in the 1880s following the first 6-inch breechloader, the relatively unsuccessful BL 6-inch 80-pounder gun designed by Elswick...
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    British artillery. 4-inch M1902 field gun BL 14-inch railway howitzer BL 14-inch howitzer BL 50-pounder gun BL 9.1-inch howitzer Canon de 155 C modèle...
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    The Gun Carrier Mark I was a British vehicle of the First World War. The gun carrier was designed to transport a 6-inch howitzer or a 60-pounder gun forward...
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    the 1901 BL 10-pounder mountain gun. The new 1911 version improved on the 1901 gun with a new pole trail, recoil buffer, recuperator and gun shield, and...
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    were known as "long twelves" to distinguish them from the BL 12-pounder 6 cwt and QF 12-pounder 8 cwt which had much shorter barrels and ranges. Lieutenant...
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  • 25 pounder Coast defence guns QF 6-pounder 10 cwt QF 12-pounder QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV BL 6-inch Mk VII & Mk XXIV BL 7.5-inch Mk VI BL 8-inch Mk VIII BL 9...
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    The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a 40 mm (1.6 in) British autocannon...
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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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  • Thumbnail for QF 12-pounder 18 cwt naval gun
    The QF 12 pounder 18 cwt gun (Quick-Firing) was a 3-inch high-velocity naval gun used to equip larger British warships such as battleships for defence...
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    which caused inaccuracy. Before the First World War, the British BL 60-pounder gun was fitted with oscillating (reciprocating) sights, using sighting...
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  • 5.25 inch gun BL 10-pounder Mountain Gun Ordnance QF 25-pounder Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short BL 60-pounder gun BL 4 inch naval gun Mk 1 BL 4.5-inch Medium...
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  • launcher Ordnance QF 25-pounder Short World War II pack howitzer based on British 25 pounder gun-howitzer BL 5.5-inch medium gun mid-1940s to 1980s L16...
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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 12-inch howitzer
    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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  • 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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