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Churchill Mk VIII 1,600 produced, together with Mark VII. A Churchill VII with a 95 mm howitzer and 47 rounds in a slightly different turret. Churchill Mk IX Churchill III/IV upgraded with extra armour added to hull and turret, along with gearbox and suspension modifications.
The tank howitzer was used to arm the Churchill Mark V and VIII, the Cromwell VI & VIII and the Centaur IV tanks. [3] The howitzer was built up from a section of a QF 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun barrel, the breech mechanism of the Ordnance QF 25 pounder field gun/howitzer and the recoil mechanism of the Ordnance QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun. [4]
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.
BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I – V United Kingdom: World War I 203: BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII United Kingdom: World Wars I, II 203: M115 howitzer, 8 inch M1 United States: World War II, Cold War 203: 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) Soviet Union: World War II 210: Obice da 210/22 Kingdom of Italy: World War II 210: 21 cm Mörser M. 16/18 Austria ...
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
A howitzer is a short cannon, placed at a steep angle of descent, used to fire at relatively high trajectories. The cannons can fire up to four rounds per minute, according to the U.S. Army.
The ex-Navy Mark VI railway gun was quickly put together at the start of World War II, to supplement the older World War I 8-inch M1888 railway gun. It was developed from an experimental 12-inch (305 mm) railway howitzer carriage of World War I. [ 3 ] The all-around rotating mount and outriggers were designed to allow the gun to track a moving ...
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