BL 9.2-inch howitzer
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The Ordnance BL 9.2-inch howitzer was a heavy siege howitzer that formed the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World War I. It equipped a substantial number of siege b
Australian Battery of 9.2 inch Mark I howitzers in action at Fricourt during the Battle of the Somme, August 1916.
Two Mk I howitzers supporting Australian troops near Corbie, May 1918, showing the earth box.
Australian gunners of the 55th Siege Artillery Battery loading a 9.2-inch howitzer, Western Front, July 1916.
Transport (L-R) of barrel, bed, cradle & body
The BL 8-inch howitzer Marks VI, VII and VIII were a series of British artillery siege howitzers on mobile carriages of a new design introduced in World War I. They were designed by Vickers in Britain
BL 9.2-inch howitzer
…to 6,000 rounds for the Mk I. A disadvantage of the dismantling system was an inability to fire directly from the travelling carriage the way the BL 8-inch howitzer could. Thirty-six hours were normally required to dismount a gun from its travelling configuration and set it up for firing. (During the Battle of Arras…
US-built version of Vickers BL 8-inch howitzer Mk 6 outside the War Museum in Helsinki, Finland
Mk VI that has slid off-road behind a Holt 75 artillery tractor, WWI
Mk 8 in WWI camouflage paint at the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa
Gun on Vickers firing platform, and limber, gun and platform being towed