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Great Britain

BL 10-pdr mountain gun Mk I

Mountain artillery

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Location :
United Kingdom
Woolwich
Royal Artillery Museum
Coordinates : Lat : 51.49420 / Long : 0.07730
General comments on this surviving gun :


Identical items in the same location : 1
Items covered by this file : 1

This picture shows the barrel mid-length screw system allowing its dismantling into two separate parts for the transport


Historic and technical information
Denomination :     BL 10-pdr mountain gun Origin :       ( Royal Arsenal)             ( Elswick's Ordnance Company (Armstrong) )          

Historic context :

In 1901, the British army decided to replace its old muzzle-loading 2.5 inches muntain screw guns by a more modern version on a brrech loading principle. Even if that improvement allowed a big increase of the fire rate, the new gun still did not have any kind of recoil recuperation system.

The 'BL 10-Pdr mountain gun' was, like its predecessor, a 'screw gun', meaning its barrel could be dismantled in two separate sections linked by a screw profile. It was also a little bit more powerful with an increased calibre of 2.75 inches (96.85 mm) compared to the old 2.5 inches (63.5 cm) calibre.

This gun became obsolete like many others at the same time by the apparition of the recoil recuperation systems, and was replaced from 1914 by the BL 2.75 inches mountain gun designed in 1911, but many such weapons were used by the colonial or territorial troops in their fights in the Middle East, at Gallipoli, in East Africa and in Palestine.

Technical data :

  • Complete description : Ordnance Breech Loading 10 pounder mountain gun Mk I on carriage
  • Design year : 1901
  • Calibre : 69.85 mm (2.75 inches)
  • Weight in firing position : 396 kg, dismontable in 4 separate loads
  • Weight for transportation :
  • Tube length in calibres : 27.80
  • Grooves : 0 unknown
  • Projectile weight : 4.54 kg (shrapnel)
  • Initial speed : 393 m/s
  • Fire rate :
  • Range : 4046 m (shrapnel shell); 6562 m (high explosive shell)
  • Elevation range : -15 to +25 degrees
  • Direction range : none


Sources
  • British Artillery 1914-19, Field Army Artillery           Dale Clarke                   Osprey Publishing   2004  
  • Allied Artillery of World War One       Ian V. Hogg                   Crowood   1998  
  • Wikipedia http://fr.wikipedia.org/