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An 8-inch howitzer is a howitzer with an 8-inch bore. Examples include: BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I–V - British design of WWI; BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII - British design of later World War I, used in World War II; M115 howitzer - US design
17-11-70 (known as 11-17-70 in the United States per their dating system) is the fifth official album release for English musician Elton John and his first live album.
The 8"/55 caliber gun (spoken "eight-inch-fifty-five-caliber") formed the main battery of United States Navy heavy cruisers and two early aircraft carriers. United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun barrel had an internal diameter of 8 inches (203 mm), and the barrel was 55 calibers long (barrel length is 8 inch × 55 = 440 inches ...
The 8"/55 Mark 71 gun was a single gun adaptation of the 8"/55 Mark 16 gun found in the triple turrets on Des Moines-class cruisers. The prototype gun mount weighed 86 tons and was approximately 20 percent heavier than the 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun it replaced. The prototype could fire ten to twelve rounds per minute from a 75-round automatic ...
The 8-inch (203 mm) M110 self-propelled howitzer is an American self-propelled artillery system consisting of an M115 203 mm howitzer installed on a purpose-built chassis. Before its retirement from US service, it was the largest available self-propelled howitzer in the United States Army 's inventory; it continues in service with the armed ...
The BL 8-inch howitzer Marks VI, VII and VIII (6, 7 and 8) were a series of British artillery siege howitzers on mobile carriages of a new design introduced in World War I. [ note 1 ] They were designed by Vickers in Britain and produced by all four British artillery manufacturers but mainly by Armstrong and one American company.
Jennifer Eight, also known as Jennifer 8, is a 1992 film written and directed by Bruce Robinson. [92] Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series. In Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, dialing an 8-chevron address will open a wormhole to another galaxy.
[8] [9] Savage was the exception in this respect, being fitted with 4.5 inch calibre; a twin mounting forward and two singles aft. The 4.7 inch calibre was superseded by the 4.5 inch calibre on the Z-class destroyers in 1943. The new 4.5 inch guns all had 55-degree elevation mounts and fired a shell slightly heavier than that of 4.7-inch Mk IX ...