QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
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The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light 57 mm naval guns introduced in 1885 to defend against new, small and fast vessels such as
Early Elswick gun on recoil mounting
Mark I Male tank with a long QF 6-pounder 8 cwt gun, at the Bovington Tank Museum.
Hotchkiss 6-pounder being prepared to combat at the USS Detroit (L'Univers Illustré, 1894).
Mk II Shell base, showing fuze hole
British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War. The Mark I was the world's first tank, a tracked, armed, and armoured vehicle, t
QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
…Warrior-class cruisers The 6-pounder was used to equip Male versions of the early British Mk I – Mk III tanks. In 1916 the British Army was faced with the difficulty of quickly providing a new class of weapon. The existing Hotchkiss 6-pounder naval gun…
A British Mark I "male" tank near Thiepval on 25 September 1916, fitted with wire mesh to deflect grenades and the initial steering tail, shown raised. Photograph by Ernest Brooks
The Mark IV tank Lodestar III at the Belgian Royal Museum of the Army, Brussels (2005). This tank retains its original paint.
British Mark I tank with the Solomon camouflage scheme
Mark II; tank no. 799 captured near Arras on 11 April 1917