File:Blacker Bombard.jpg

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English: Men of the Saxmundham Home Guard prepare to fire a 'Blacker Bombard' during training with War Office instructors, 30 July 1941. The weapon was a 29mm spigot mortar, designed by a Lieutenant Colonel V V S Blacker, and could fire a 20lb bomb some 900yds.

Date

30 July 1941

Source

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Author

Puttnam (Lt) War Office official photographer

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2009-04-23 17:58 Skinny87 300×300× (27304 bytes) {{Information |Description = Men of the Saxmundham Home Guard prepare to fire a 'Blacker Bombard' during training with War Office instructors, 30 July 1941. The weapon was a 29mm spigot mortar, designed by a Lieutenant Colonel V V S Blacker, and could

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:10, 30 November 2011	798 × 800 (112 KB)	Rcbutcher	replaced with new higher-resolution version from IWM
	00:56, 16 June 2011	300 × 272 (24 KB)	OgreBot	(BOT): Reverting to the most recent version before uploads (originally uploaded on 2011-05-16 16:33 by Jncraton).
	00:56, 16 June 2011	300 × 300 (27 KB)	OgreBot	(BOT): This is the version originally uploaded on 2009-04-23 17:58 by Skinny87; storing on commons for archival purposes
	12:17, 13 June 2011	300 × 272 (24 KB)	File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske)	{{BotMoveToCommons\|en.wikipedia\|year={{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\|month={{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}\|day={{subst:CURRENTDAY}}}} {{Information \|Description={{en\|Men of the Saxmundham Home Guard prepare to fire a 'Blacker Bombard' during training with War Office in