BL 6-inch 26-cwt howitzer

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).

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1915 — 1945  Wikimedia, Wikidata
BL 6in 26-cwt Howitzer Mk 1; Ordnance BL 6 inch 26cwt howitzer
mass 3693 kilogram, length 2218 millimetre, speed 427 metre per second, 
field howitzer, Vickers, British Army, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

152 mm mortar M1931, G5, Obice da 149/12, Type 92 Battalion Gun, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

1915 — 1945 BL 6-inch 26-cwt howitzer

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

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Frameless

The British Army in France 1940 F3972

6inch26cwtHowitzer1938

Big guns moving up to the front, Bestanddeelnr 158-0896

6inch26cwtHowitzerBatteryFiring

Loading one of the new 6 inch howitzers, Bestanddeelnr 158-2177

6inch26cwtPositioningTrail

BL6inch26cwtHowitzer75BatteryMemorialDurban

William Rothenstein-The Watch on the Rhine (CWM 19710261-0601)

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q4146

The little difficulty of a big gun., Bestanddeelnr 158-1839

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		The British Army in France 1940 F3972		Commons
commons	image		6inch26cwtHowitzer1938		Commons
commons	image		Big guns moving up to the front, Bestanddeelnr 158-0896		Commons
commons	image		6inch26cwtHowitzerBatteryFiring		Commons
commons	image		Loading one of the new 6 inch howitzers, Bestanddeelnr 158-2177		Commons
commons	image		6inch26cwtPositioningTrail		Commons
commons	image		BL6inch26cwtHowitzer75BatteryMemorialDurban		Commons
commons	image		William Rothenstein-The Watch on the Rhine (CWM 19710261-0601)		Commons
commons	image		The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q4146		Commons
commons	image		The little difficulty of a big gun., Bestanddeelnr 158-1839		Commons