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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 various...
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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 14-inch railway gun
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for BL 9.2-inch howitzer
    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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  • Thumbnail for BL 12-inch railway howitzer
    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...
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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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  • Thumbnail for BL 60-pounder gun
    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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    One example being the earliest mounts for the British designed BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun.[citation needed] The combination of rolling and cradle-recoil...
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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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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX
    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 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 9.2-inch Mk I – VII naval gun
    The BL 9.2-inch Mk I–VII guns were a family of early British heavy breechloading naval and coast defence guns in service from 1881 to the end of World...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun
    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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  • Thumbnail for BL 12-inch howitzer
    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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    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 howitzer...
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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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  • Thumbnail for 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II
    The 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II was a British light artillery piece designed during World War I. Originally intended for use in trench...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 13.5-inch Mk V naval gun
    The BL 13.5 inch Mk V gun was a British heavy naval gun, introduced in 1912 as the main armament for the new super-dreadnought battleships of the Orion...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V
    was also used as a coast defence gun. This QF gun was introduced to provide a higher rate of fire than the BL 4 inch Mk VII. It first appeared in 1914...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 15-pounder gun
    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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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
    The Ordnance BLinch 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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  • 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 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 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII
    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 (7.0 mi; 11.2 km). They...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer
    The Ordnance BLinch 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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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
    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 12-inch Mk VIII naval gun
    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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  • Thumbnail for RML 2.5-inch mountain gun
    The Ordnance RML 2.5-inch mountain gun was a British rifled muzzle-loading mountain gun of the late 19th century designed to be broken down into four loads...
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    The 2 inch medium trench mortar, also known as the 2-inch howitzer, and nicknamed the "toffee apple" or "plum pudding" mortar, was a British smooth bore...
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