60pdr BL Mk.I Field Gun (127mm kanón)

Cannon was introduced into service in 1904 on the basis of the format requirements on the ťažkú podpornú gun with ďalekým dostrelom that arose during the búrskej the army. Cannon bol vo arsenal ťažkého delostrelectva on divíznej level.
TTD:
Kaliber: 127 mm
Hmotnosť shot: 27,3 kg (shrapnel, HE)
Hmotnosť: 4,47 t
Max. dostrel: 11,6 km
Attendant: 12
Cannon sa spočiatku prepravoval hipotrakciou 12 záprahom.
In 1916 was established verzia Mk.II, with dlhšou hlavňou, dostrel sa increased to 14.1 km. Dad verzia nebola bojovo nasadená during 1.sv. the army.
Posledné pieces vydržali vo arsenal in 1944.

Source: www.landships.freeservers.com
Ochre total záberu, as he comes from vyššie referred to sourceand are pstatné of londýnskeho the Imperial War Museum..
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Just a small addition:
The official designation of the gun is: BL 60-pdr field gun, Mk. I or II
A total of 1,756 of this gun were produced, of which 52 were delivered to Russia.
Ammunition: shrapnel, HE, smoke and chemical-gas grenades.
Range: 9 387 m
Range with HE ammunition weighing 27,21 kg: 11 247 m


MkII version:
Weighed: 5 tons
Range: 15,500 yards ( 14,173 m)


Source + photos:
Dale Clarke, British Artillery 1914-1919. Field Army Artillery. Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK, 2004, ISBN 1-84176-688-7
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60pdr BL Mk.I Field Gun (127mm kanón) - Palebné postavení u Danenville, 12.5.1916

Palebné postavení u Danenville, 12.5.1916
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