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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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    3-inch trench mortar is a smooth-bore, muzzle-loading weapon for high angles of fire. Although it is called a 3-inch mortar, its bore is actually 3.2 inches...
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    Newton 6-inch mortar was the standard British medium mortar in World War I from early 1917 onwards. The Newton 6-inch replaced the 2-inch medium mortar beginning...
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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 War...
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    The 2-inch Medium Mortar was designed and manufactured by the Royal Ordnance Factories in early 1915 and introduced along with the 1.57 inch mortar in...
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    3-inch mortar was the United Kingdom's standard mortar used by the British Army from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, superseding the Stokes mortar....
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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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    British service until they were replaced in 1916 by the 2 inch Medium Trench Mortar and Stokes mortar. Glenn E. Torrey (2001). Henri Mathias Berthelot: soldier...
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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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    ML 9.45 inch heavy trench mortar, nicknamed the "Flying Pig", was a large calibre mortar of World War I and the standard British heavy mortar from the...
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    and South African batteries until 1942 being superseded by the BL 4.5-inch medium gun. The effective use of modern heavy field guns by the Boers during...
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  • infantry mortars. Internal bore size not warhead size. Comparable to 6 inch mortars Bore size, not bomb size, which was much larger 90 mm spigot size. Bomb...
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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...
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    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 3.7-inch weapon until 1915. As a stop-gap, the barrel of the 10-pounder gun was mounted on an updated carriage to produce the 2.75 inch Mountain...
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    Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle, its barrel was shortened to 25.2 inches (640 mm), 5 inches (130 mm) shorter than the preceding Magazine Lee-Enfield. British...
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    on so that enemy reinforcements could not safely reach the front lines. Mortars were revived by the Germans because of their ability to shoot at an angle...
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    French-made Sauterelle grenade launcher, and, in 1916, by the 2-inch medium trench mortar and Stokes mortar. Copies of the Leach catapult, made locally by the Royal...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 15-inch howitzer
    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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    cartridges, as well as a .32 calibre revolver (the IOF .32 Revolver) with 2-inch (51 mm) barrel which is clearly based on the Webley Mk IV .38 service pistol...
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    The QF 4 inch Mk V gun was a Royal Navy gun of World War I which was adapted on HA (i.e. high-angle) mountings to the heavy anti-aircraft role both at...
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  • Thumbnail for 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II
    concept of using the 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II in the trenches was superseded by that of the trench mortar, which was simpler, cheaper...
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    was officially halted in 1916, being replaced by the 2 inch Medium Trench Mortar and Stokes mortar. No 21 R grenade Gary Sheffield (2007). War on the Western...
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    since 1882. New Service revolvers, designated as Pistol, Colt, .455-inch 5.5-inch barrel Mk. I, chambered for the .455 Webley cartridge were acquired...
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    The QF 2.95-inch mountain gun was the designation given by the British to a Vickers 75 mm calibre gun. It was originally produced for the Egyptian Army...
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    cartridges used by countries around the world, and including a large caliber (.50 inch) as used on Royal Navy warships. The machine gun was 20 pounds (9 kg) lighter...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV naval gun
    The QF 4.7-inch gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 4.724-inch (120 mm) naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and...
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    Livens Projector (category World War I mortars of the United Kingdom)
    The Livens Projector was a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with flammable or toxic chemicals. In the First World War, the...
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    37 No. 39 Steuart Pattern Mortars Vickers 1.57-inch mortar 2-inch medium mortar Garland trench mortar 3-inch Stokes mortar Grenade launchers Leach trench...
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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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