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A US Mk 7 and Mk 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 version was also manufactured and adopted in US service from October 1918 as the M1918. [9] [7] Quoting from the US Army manual of 1920 on artillery in US service: [10] "The 8-inch howitzer materiel is called the "Vickers" model of 1917, of which there are in use two types, the Mark VI and Mark VII.
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
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 ...
BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun (1899), British naval gun that also served as an Army field gun; BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk 6 - 8, a Vickers gun from World War I; the Mk VII was introduced in 1916; Mark VII tank, a British tank design from World War I; BL 14 inch / 45 mk VII naval gun, Royal Navy gun from the 1930s
BL 8-inch howitzer can refer to either of two types of British heavy gun: BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I–V; BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII This page was last edited on ...
The BL 8 inch guns Mark I to Mark VII [note 2] were the first generations of British rifled breechloaders of medium-heavy calibre. They were initially designed for gunpowder propellants and were of both 25.5 and 30 calibres lengths.
The BL 8-inch howitzer Mark I through to Mark V (1 to 5) [note 1] were a British improvisation developed early in the First World War to provide heavy artillery.It used shortened and bored-out barrels from various redundant naval 6-inch guns.
8-inch Navy MkVIM3 gun on barbette mount M1A1, as used by the Army in coast defense. The 8-inch Navy gun Mk.VI M3A2 on railway mount M1A1 was a World War II improved replacement for the World War I-era 8-inch (203 mm) M1888 gun and was used by the US Army's Coast Artillery Corps in US harbor defenses.