About: BL 9.2-inch howitzer

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The Ordnance BL 9.2-inch howitzer was the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World War I. It equipped a substantial number of siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery. It remained in service until about the middle of World War II.

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rdf:type	Weapon
rdfs:label	BL 9.2-inch howitzer
rdfs:comment	The Ordnance BL 9.2-inch howitzer was the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World War I. It equipped a substantial number of siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery. It remained in service until about the middle of World War II.
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Number	All Mks equivalent to 632 complete equipments plus 43 ordnances
breech	Welin breech block with Smith-Asbury mechanism
Service	1914(xsd:integer)
Name	BL 9.2-inch howitzer
is artillery	yes
Type	Siege engine
Caption	Australian Battery of 9.2 inch Mark I howitzers in action at Fricourt during the Battle of the Somme, August 1916.
traverse	30(xsd:integer)
Cartridge	HE
Wars	World War I World War II
Weight	Mk II Body, cradle & ordnance only 5 tons 17 cwt
Carriage	Siege carriage
Manufacturer	Vickers, Bethlehem Steel
production date	1914(xsd:integer)
Recoil	20(xsd:integer) 23(xsd:integer) Variable Hydro-pneumatic
design date	1913(xsd:integer)
Variants	Mk I, Mk II
Elevation	15(xsd:integer)
Designer	Mk I : Coventry Ordnance Works Mk II : Vickers
abstract	The Ordnance BL 9.2-inch howitzer was the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World War I. It equipped a substantial number of siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery. It remained in service until about the middle of World War II.

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