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The L131 AS-90 is a 155mm self-propelled howitzer and is the largest piece of field artillery in the British Army. The L131 is operated by these field artillery regiments: 1st Regiment RHA, 19th Regiment RA. [196] To be replaced by 116 RCH 155s, fitted onto the Boxer mechanised infantry vehicle. [197] Archer Artillery System Sweden
The AS-90 ("Artillery System for the 1990s"), known officially as Gun Equipment 155 mm L131, is an armoured self-propelled artillery used by the British Army. It can fire standard charges up to 24.7 km (15.3 mi) using 39-calibre long barrel and 30 km (19 mi) with 52-calibre long barrel. [ 2 ]
BL 4.5-inch medium field gun; BL 5.5-inch medium gun; BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer; BL 6-inch gun Mk V; BL 9.45 inch Howitzer Mk I; BL 10-pounder mountain gun; BL 12-pounder 6 cwt gun; Ordnance BL 12-pounder 7 cwt; BL 15-pounder gun; Blakely rifle; British standard ordnance weights and measurements
The gun was initially adopted by both the Royal Field Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery, and was in full service by 1885.It marked a return to breech-loading guns, after the British Army had reverted to muzzle-loaders in the late 1860s following the failure of the Armstrong screw breech guns.
The Ordnance QF 25-pounder, or more simply 25-pounder or 25-pdr, with a calibre of 3.45 inches (87.6 mm), was a piece of field artillery used by British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War. Durable, easy to operate and versatile, [2] it was the most produced and used British field gun and gun-howitzer during the war.
Centurion [40] – main British early Cold War tank. Conqueror [41] – used from mid 50s to mid 60s to give long range anti-tank support to Centurions. Built to counter IS-3. Chieftain [42] – main British tank of Cold War and mid Cold War. Challenger 1 [43] – Main British tank late Cold War or 1980s.
This list of artillery catalogues types of weapons found in batteries of national armed forces' artillery units.. Some weapons used by the infantry units, known as infantry support weapons, are often misidentified as artillery weapons because of their use and performance characteristics, sometimes known colloquially as the "infantryman's artillery" [1] which has been particularly applied to ...
When the United States entered the First World War it had a need for long-range heavy artillery, so guns produced for the US Army were given the designation 6-inch gun M1917. In some US sources the Mark XIX designation was also used. 100 weapons were acquired from the British by the US Army beginning in 1917, along with 50 "gun bodies ...