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The origins of a British heavy "siege" howitzer lie in advances in technology and the 21 cm howitzers used by the German field army. [6] UK had purchased Skoda 9.45-inch howitzers from Austria in 1900 for service in South Africa.
These were similar to the four Vickers 45-calibre export model guns used by Britain as railway artillery on the Western Front in World War I under the designation BL 9.2-inch gun Mark XIV. They fired the same 380-pound (170 kg) shell using the same 120-pound (54 kg) cordite charge as the British service Mk X gun, and it may be assumed that its ...
A 9.2 inch railway gun was first deployed in 1900. The British mounted a 9.2 inch gun from the Cape Town coastal defences on a railway truck and sent it up the railway line to support the British assault on Boer defences at Belfast, north-east of Johannesburg. The battle ended on 27 August 1900 before the gun arrived, and as the Boers ...
British 9.2 inch guns originated from a request by the Admiralty in 1879 for a gun comparable to Krupp's 24 cm MRK L/25.5, a very powerful 9.45 inch gun tested in August 1879. The Admiralty submitted its request to the Committee on Ordnance , which was considering returning to breech-loading artillery after Britain's brief return to muzzle ...
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 60-pounder gun – 5-inch gun from First World War era, replaced by 4.5 inch gun during war; 75 mm Pack Howitzer M1 and M8 – US supplied portable howitzer for use in mountainous areas; QF 3.7-inch ...
This category includes British 9.2 inch guns. Pages in category "234 mm artillery" ... BL 9.2-inch howitzer; BL 9.2-inch Mk I – VII naval gun;
The gun with its increased length of 50 calibres was an attempt to extract a higher velocity, and hence more range and armour-piercing capability, from the 9.2-inch gun. Like other British 50-calibre guns of the period, it was relatively unsuccessful and was the last model of 9.2-inch gun Britain built. Guns were mounted in the following ships :
BL 7.2-inch howitzer Mk.I to Mk.6 United Kingdom: World War II 203: 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 ...