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SURVIVING GUN FILE (# 1278)
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Great Britain
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Light artillery
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Contributor :
(Wikimedia Commons) Holt David      http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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Location :
United Kingdom Woolwich Royal Artillery Museum
Coordinates :
Lat : 51.49470 / Long : 0.07680
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Historic and technical information
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Denomination :     BL 15-Pdr field gun | Origin :       ( Royal Arsenal)           | ||||
Historic context :
A 1892 evolution of the 1883 BL 12-Pdr that was found not poweful enough, the 'Ordnance BL 15 pounder, also known under the name of '15 pounder 7 cwt was the weapon equipping the British field artillery units before the outcome of the quick firing guns sensationally inaugurated by the revolutionary 75mm Mle 1897 French fieldgun apparition.
It was first partially replaced by the German origin 15 Prd Ehrardt gun that appeared in 1900 (both guns are sometimes mistaken in history books), then from 1904 by the QF 18-Pdr. Some such old guns although participated to WW1 in training units or in some oversea operations (including in South Africa battlefields). Numerous BL 15-Pdr were converted from 1907 into 'BLC 15-Pdr gun' , receiving a modern recoil recuperation system, and used on most of the frontlines of WW1. |
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