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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
This is a list of equipment of the British Army currently in use. It includes current equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, vision systems, communication systems, aircraft, watercraft, artillery, air defence, transport vehicles, as well as future equipment and equipment being trialled.
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-caliber long barrel. [2]
Australian and British gunners with L118 in Afghanistan, 2009. During the early 1990s all UK L118 were fitted with a muzzle velocity measuring device (MVMD), a radar, and its power supply. In 2002, the British Army's L118 guns completed replacement of their optical sights with the LINAPS artillery pointing system (APS) mounted above the barrel.
British soldiers fired the new artillery gun for the first time on a tactical exercise in Finland on 20 November. The Swedish-made Archer 155mm self-propelled guns have been acquired as an interim ...
Royal Artillery Officers uniform, 1825 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loader (RML) gun on Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda. The regiment was involved in all major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars; in 1804, naval artillery was transferred to the Royal Marine Artillery, while the Royal Irish Artillery lost its separate status in 1810 after the 1800 Union.
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.
British soldiers have fired a new artillery gun for the first time on a tactical exercise in Finland. Soldiers from the 19th Regiment Royal Artillery are currently in Lapland as part of Exercise ...