BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun

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Ordnance BL 9.2 inch Gun on truck, railway
9.2 inch railway gun, Battle of Albert, July 1916
Type	heavy gun
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1915 - 1918
Used by	United Kingdom
Wars	First World War
Production history
Manufacturer	Elswick Ordnance Company
Specifications
Shell	HE 380 pounds (172.37 kg)
Calibre	9.2 inches (233.7 mm)
Recoil	inclined slide
Elevation	28° (Mk I mount); 40° (Mk IV mount)
Traverse	10° L & R (Mk I mount); 360° (Mk III mount)
Effective range	21,000 yards (19,202 m) (MK III, Mk VI); 22,600 yards (20,665 m) (MK XIII)
Filling	Lyddite, Amatol
Filling weight	40 pounds (18.14 kg)

The Ordnance BL 9.2 inch gun on truck, railway mounted a variety of surplus 9.2 inch naval guns, together with the custom-designed Mk XIII railway gun, on various railway platforms to provide mobile long-range heavy artillery on the Western Front in World War I.

Contents 1 History 2 Combat service 3 References 4 See also 5 Surviving examples 6 External links

[edit] History

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[edit] Combat service

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[edit] References

• Dale Clarke, British Artillery 1914-1919. Heavy Artillery. Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK, 2005

[edit] See also

• List of artillery#Railway artillery

[edit] Surviving examples

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[edit] External links

• Om engelsk jernbaneartilleri under Første Verdenskrig

British Empire weapons of the First World War

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