QF 4.5 inch howitzer

The Ordnance QF 4.5-inch howitzer was the standard British Empire field howitzer of the First World War era. It replaced the BL 5-inch howitzer and equipped some 25% of the field artillery. It entered service in 1910 and remained in service through the interwar period and was last used in the field by British forces in early 1942. It was generally horse drawn until mechanisation in the 1930s.

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1908 — 1944  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Ordnance QF 4.5 inch howitzer; Ordnance QF 4.5in Howitzer
mass 1370 kilogram, length 1630 millimetre, speed 313 metre per second, 
quick-firing gun, rifled breech loader, field howitzer, British Army, Bethlehem Steel, Vickers Limited, Coventry Ordnance Works, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

152 mm mortar M1931, rifled breech loader, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1908-01-01T00:00:00Z

1944-01-01T00:00:00Z

1908 — 1944 QF 4.5 inch 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

Handbook (AM 1997.15.26.2-6)

Handbook (AM 1997.15.26.2-4)

A002674-v8

Ćwiczenia Armii Polskiej w Wielkiej Brytanii (21-169-1)

QF 4.5 inch Howitzer Smoke round 1915

The British Army in North Africa, 1940 E1070

Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q33602

4.5inchHowitzerTowedByDragonTractor1933

Collections of the Imperial War Museum Q31477

4.5inchHowitzerCartridgeDiagram

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Handbook (AM 1997.15.26.2-6)		Commons
commons	image		Handbook (AM 1997.15.26.2-4)		Commons
commons	image		A002674-v8		Commons
commons	image		Ćwiczenia Armii Polskiej w Wielkiej Brytanii (21-169-1)		Commons
commons	image		QF 4.5 inch Howitzer Smoke round 1915		Commons
commons	image		The British Army in North Africa, 1940 E1070		Commons
commons	image		Ministry of Information First World War Miscellaneous Collection Q33602		Commons
commons	image		4.5inchHowitzerTowedByDragonTractor1933		Commons
commons	image		Collections of the Imperial War Museum Q31477		Commons
commons	image		4.5inchHowitzerCartridgeDiagram		Commons