British 9 Howitzer
The British 9.2 inches Mark 1 heavy siege howitzer was one of Britain's larger artillery guns in World War One.
|
|
The Mark 1 howitzer was first produced just before the start of World War One in July 1914 and it was rushed into production and reached France in October 1914.
Facts:
450 of these artillery guns were built between 1914 and 1918
It weighed 15 tons
It fired a 131 kg shell of high explosives
It could fire this weight shell 9,198 meters
It
took 36 hours to dismantle and three specially built carriages to move it.
