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BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I–V

Index BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I–V

The BL 8-inch howitzer Mark I through to Mark V (1 to 5)I.e. models 1 through 5. [1]

18 relations: Artillery, Battle of Albert (1916), Battle of Polygon Wood, BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI, BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII, Holt tractor, Howitzer, Ian V. Hogg, List of howitzers, Long ton, Martin Farndale, QF 6 inch /40 naval gun, Recoil buffer, Roman numerals, Royal Garrison Artillery, Western Front (World War I), World War I, 21 cm Mörser 10.

Artillery

Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.

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Battle of Albert (1916)

The Battle of Albert (1–13 July 1916), comprised the first two weeks of Anglo-French offensive operations in the Battle of the Somme.

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Battle of Polygon Wood

The Battle of Polygon Wood took place during the second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres in World War I and was fought near Ypres in Belgium, in the area from the Menin road to Polygon Wood and thence north, to the area beyond St Julien.

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BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI

The BL 6 inch guns Marks II, III, IV and VIMark II.

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BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII

The BL 8-inch howitzer Marks VI, VII and VIII (6, 7 and 8)Britain used Roman numerals to designate Marks (i.e. models) of ordnance until after World War II.

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Holt tractor

The Holt tractors were a range of continuous track haulers built by the Holt Manufacturing Company, which was named after Benjamin Holt.

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Howitzer

A howitzer is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant charges to propel projectiles over relatively high trajectories, with a steep angle of descent.

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Ian V. Hogg

Ian Vernon Hogg (1926 – 7 March 2002) was a British author of books on firearms, artillery, ammunition, and fortification, as well as biographies of several famous general officers.

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List of howitzers

Howitzers are one of two primary types of field artillery.

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Long ton

Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton,Dictionary.com - "a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu.

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Martin Farndale

General Sir Martin Baker Farndale KCB (6 January 1929 – 10 May 2000) was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1980s.

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QF 6 inch /40 naval gun

The QF 6 inch 40 calibre naval gun (Quick-Firing) was used by many United Kingdom-built warships around the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th century.

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Recoil buffer

A recoil buffer is a factory-installed or aftermarket component of firearms which serves to reduce the velocity and/or cushion the impact of recoilling parts of a firearm.

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Roman numerals

The numeric system represented by Roman numerals originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages.

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Royal Garrison Artillery

The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA).

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was the main theatre of war during the First World War.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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21 cm Mörser 10

The 21 cm Mörser 10 (21 cm Mrs 10) was a heavy howitzer used by Germany in World War I (although classified as a mortar (Mörser) by the German military).

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BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk 1, BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk 1 - 5, BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk I - V, BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk I – V, BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk I-V, BL 8 inch Howitzer Mk I–V, BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I-V.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_8-inch_howitzer_Mk_I–V

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