QF 4.5-inch howitzer
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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.
Camouflaged British 4.5 inch field howitzers at Arras April 1917
Gun with sand tyres around wheels, towed by camels, Egypt circa. 1915–1916
A New Zealand battery in the UK 6 July 1940. The gun carriage (Mk1PA) has the Martin-Parry conversion. The limber is unconverted
1916 model used by Finland, at the Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum
Howitzer
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The howitzer is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon and a mortar. It is generally aimed lower than a mortar but higher than a cannon. With their long-range capabilities, howitzers can be used to great effect in a battery formation with other artillery pieces, such as long-barreled guns, mortars, and rocket artillery.
Firing of an M114 155 mm howitzer by the 90th Field Artillery Battalion, US 24th Infantry Division, during the Korean War
Mountain howitzer firing
12-pound Napoleon at the Colorado State Capitol
Nineteenth-century 12-pounder (5 kg) mountain howitzer displayed by the National Park Service at Fort Laramie in Wyoming, United States