BL 5-in. Field howitzer
The official marking of this field howitzer is : Ordnance BL-5-in. howitzer Mk.I on carriage field BL 5-in. howitzer Mk.I.
The development falls in the period 1896-1908. The gun was developed by the RFA. The gun participated in the Boer War. At the end of WWI, it served from the multi-vessel army in India and Mesopotamia.
TTD:
Calibre: 127 mm
Ammunition: HE
Weight: 1 ton 3cwt 13 lb
Range:
5944 m with 18.14 kg HE mine
with 22,68 kg HE coin 4390 m
More information please:-)
Source + photos:
Dale Clarke, British Artillery 1914-1919. Field Army Artillery. Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK, 2004, ISBN 1-84176-688-7
The official marking of this field howitzer is : Ordnance BL-5-in. howitzer Mk.I on carriage field BL 5-in. howitzer Mk.I.
The development falls in the period 1896-1908. The gun was developed by the RFA. The gun participated in the Boer War. At the end of WWI, it served from the multi-vessel army in India and Mesopotamia.
TTD:
Calibre: 127 mm
Ammunition: HE
Weight: 1 ton 3cwt 13 lb
Range:
5944 m with 18.14 kg HE mine
with 22,68 kg HE coin 4390 m
More information please:-)
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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