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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Ordnance BL 5-inch howitzer was initially introduced to provide the Royal Field Artillery with continuing explosive shell capability following the...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Repeating Weapons, Volume 4. USA: Ordnance Bureau (Navy Department). p. 520. Retrieved 21 March 2022. "Bofors 40 mm L/60 Model 1936". NavWeaps. Tony DiGiulian...

The Ordnance QF 15-pounder gun, commonly referred to as the Ehrhardt, was a modern German field gun purchased by Britain in 1900 as a stopgap measure to...