SURVIVING GUN FILE

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Great Britain

Heavy artillery

B.L. 60 inches 26 cwt field gun

Contribution :

Bernard Plumier

Artillery blog link

Location :

USA

Newport News, VA

Virginia Wars Museum

This very nice gun with its specific recuperator cylinders is exposed with French mortars 58 Mle 2.

Rear view. Markings on the muzzle 'Somers Ind - Nr 406 - Retired - H.D. 5 / 11 / 1918'; Breech 'BL 60Pdr EOC 1917 - RGF 1917 Nr 1905'; Carriage 'EOC MkII 1918'

That gun carriage was designed for mechanical towing, and is exposed with a Holt tractor.