Blc 15 Pounder Gun

Diagram of British 15 pounder Mark VI Shrapnel shell, 1914. For use with the following guns :- BL 15 pounder BLC 15 pounder QF 15 pounder Shell length = 9.075 inches, diameter = 2.98 inches, weight filled & fu More

Diagram of British 3 inch Case Shot, Mk V. 1914. For use with the following guns :- BL 15 pounder BLC 15 pounder QF 15 pounder BL 12 pounder 6 cwt QF 12 pounder 8 cwt The copper band around the base is to sea More

Mk I 15 3/4 oz Cordite cartridge for BL & BLC 15 pounder field guns, World War I. This cartridge was originally designed for use in the BL 12 pounder 7 cwt gun, and renamed for the 15 pdr. This image shows the More

Diagrams show barrel construction and dimensions of British BLC 15-pounder field gun Marks I, II and IV.

Diagrams showing breech mechanism of British BLC 15-pounder Mark I field gun.

Left elevation diagram British BLC 15-pounder field gun on Mark I field carriage. Carriage dimensions from page 25 of manual : Length of carriage with gun : 13ft 5in "" without gun : 13ft 3.5in "" with gun an More

Diagram showing recoil mechanism of Mark I carriage for British BLC 15-pounder field gun.

Diagrams showing breech mechanism of British BLC 15-pounder field gun Marks II, II* and IV.

BLC 15 pounder field gun. Ordnance manual staged photograph. Public domain photograph - Artillery gun, cannon, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

British Camel Battery of BLC 15 pounder guns after the capture of Hatum on 5 January 1918, Aden campaign. Teams of 4 camels in 2 pairs are seen towing a gun and limber at left and right of picture. In the centr More

Diagram of British No. 25 Time fuze Mk IV, 1914, used for star shells. Body is of aluminium. Threaded for G.S. 1 inch socket. Normally used for Star shells. Has a weak stirrup spring, suited to relatively weak More

Diagram of British No. 60 Mk II Time and Percussion Fuze. Classed as Small type Time & Percussion fuze, with G.S. gauge thread (1 inch tapering). 2 time rings, burning time 20.1 seconds at rest. Lower time ring More

Diagram of British No. 63 Mk I Time and Percussion fuze. Classed as Small type Time & Percussion fuze, with G.S. gauge thread (1 inch tapering). This is a quick-setting fuze, the cap on the stem is circular and More

Diagram of British No. 65 A Mk I Time and Percussion fuze, Land service. Classed as Small type Time & Percussion fuze, with G.S. gauge thread (1 inch tapering). NOTE : No. 65A was a new fuze; No. 65 was convert More

"T" Friction tube, special Push version, Mk I, for British BLC 15 pounder gun. Introduced to enable the gunlayer to fire the gun in similar manner to a Q.F. gun, without needing to hook a lanyard to the tube fo More

BLC 15 pounder gun