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    The BL 4.5 inch medium gun was a British gun used by field artillery in the Second World War for counter-battery fire. Developed as a replacement for the...
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    The BL 5.5-inch gun was a British artillery gun introduced during the middle of the Second World War to equip medium batteries. In January 1939 a specification...
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    155mm Howitzer M1 and fired the same ammunition as the British BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun. Beginning in 1944, the weapon was used by the U.S. Army as corps-level...
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  • at least 2018 BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun, a British Army field gun of the World War II era 4.5-inch Gun M1, a United States field gun of World War II...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 60-pounder gun
    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...
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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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  • Thumbnail for BL 5-inch howitzer
    The Ordnance BL 5-inch howitzer was initially introduced to provide the Royal Field Artillery with continuing explosive shell capability following the...
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  • Gun-howitzer BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun BL 7.2-inch Howitzer Mk.I BL 8-inch Howitzer - siege gun BL...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 4-inch Mk VII naval gun
    The BL 4-inch gun Mk VII was a British high-velocity naval gun introduced in 1908 as an anti-torpedo boat gun in large ships, and in the main armament...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 5.4-inch howitzer
    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...
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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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  • Thumbnail for BL 15-pounder gun
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun
    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...
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  • BL 60-pounder gun BL 4 inch naval gun Mk 1 BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun BL 5.5-inch Medium Gun BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer BL...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 12-inch Mk X naval gun
    The BL 12 inch Gun Mark X was a British 45-calibre naval gun which was mounted as primary armament on battleships and battlecruisers from 1906. It first...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 7.5-inch Mk II – V naval gun
    The BL 7.5-inch Mk II–Mk V guns were a variety of 50-calibre naval guns used by Britain in World War I. They all had similar performance and fired the...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 6-inch Mk II – VI naval gun
    The BL 6-inch gun Marks II, III, IV and VI were the second and subsequent generations of British 6-inch rifled breechloading naval guns, designed by the...
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  • BL 5.5-inch medium gun BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer QF 4.5-inch howitzer World War I field gun QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun converted...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
    long range gun. They all had a barrel of 40 calibres length. The gun was originally designed to replace the older BL 5-inch (127 mm) naval guns. It was optimised...
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    and anti-tank guns was prompted by the appearance of tanks during World War I. To destroy hostile tanks, artillerymen often used field guns depressed to...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 8-inch Mk I – VII naval gun
    The BLinch guns Mark I to Mark VII were the first generations of British rifled breechloaders of medium-heavy calibre. They were initially designed...
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  • Thumbnail for QF 4.5-inch howitzer
    Ordnance QF 4.5-inch howitzer was the standard British Empire field (or ‘light’) howitzer of the First World War era. It replaced the BL 5-inch howitzer...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 2.75-inch mountain gun
    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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  • Thumbnail for QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V
    was also used as a coast defence gun. This QF gun was introduced to provide a higher rate of fire than the BL 4 inch Mk VII. It first appeared in 1914...
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  • Field guns are one of two primary types of field artillery. Guns fire a heavy shell on a relatively level trajectory from a longer barrel, allowing for...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 7.2-inch howitzer
    The BL 7.2-inch howitzer was a heavy artillery piece used by the British Army throughout the Second World War. In 1940 the British Army concluded that...
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    tons. The German gun also fired a somewhat lighter (15 kg) shell. Another comparable weapon was the British BL 4.5-inch Medium Field Gun. Although much...
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  • Thumbnail for 5-inch/38-caliber gun
    standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 5 inches (127 mm) in...
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  • Thumbnail for BL 10-inch Mk I – IV naval gun
    The BL 10 inch guns Mks I, II, III, IV were British rifled breechloading 32-calibre naval and coast defence guns in service from 1885. The British 10-inch...
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  • Thumbnail for 122 mm gun M1931 (A-19)
    employed 4.5 inch (114 mm) pieces with similar characteristics, and designed to utilize the same ammunition - BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun and 4.5 inch Gun M1...
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