BL 6-inch 26-cwt howitzer

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The Ordnance BL 6-inch 26cwt howitzer, officially BL 6-inch 26cwt howitzer Mk I on Carriage Mk I, was a British howitzer used during World War I and World War II. The qualifier "26cwt" refers to the weight of the barrel and breech together which weighed 26 long hundredweight (1.3 t).

1915 — 1945  WikimediaWikidata
BL 6in 26-cwt Howitzer Mk 1; Ordnance BL 6 inch 26cwt howitzer
length 2218 millimetre, mass 3693 kilogram, speed 427 metre per second, 
field howitzerBritish ArmyVickers

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    1915 — 1945 BL 6-inch 26-cwt howitzer
    1914-07-28T00:00:00Z
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    The British Army in France 1940 F3972The British Army in France 1940 F3972
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    Big guns moving up to the front, Bestanddeelnr 158-0896Big guns moving up to the front, Bestanddeelnr 158-0896
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    Loading one of the new 6 inch howitzers, Bestanddeelnr 158-2177Loading one of the new 6 inch howitzers, Bestanddeelnr 158-2177
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    William Rothenstein-The Watch on the Rhine (CWM 19710261-0601)William Rothenstein-The Watch on the Rhine (CWM 19710261-0601)
    The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q4146The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q4146
    The little difficulty of a big gun., Bestanddeelnr 158-1839The little difficulty of a big gun., Bestanddeelnr 158-1839