The BL 6-inch gun Mark VII was a British naval gun dating from 1899, which was mounted on a heavy travelling carriage in 1915 for British Army service to become one of the main heavy field guns in the First World War, and also served as one of the main coast defence guns throughout the British Empire until the 1950s.
Gun drill on the troop ship RMS Laconia during World War II
Original Percy Scott field carriage
Firing near Beaumetz-lès-Loges, cutting wire for the Australian advance Second Battle of Bullecourt
The BL 9.2-inch Mk IX and Mk X guns were British breech loading 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns of 46.7 calibre, in service from 1899 to the 1950s as naval and coast defence guns. They had possibly the longest, most varied and successful service history of any British heavy ordnance.
Mk X gun facing north at Breakneck Battery on Gibraltar January 1942.
Breech view of a Mk X gun in 1946
Forward gun on HMS Cressy