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Encyclopedia > BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun

The 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun was a British artillery gun introduced at the start of the Second World War Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

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History

Initially a supply of modern 4.5 inch guns was to be made by converting existing 60-pounders. Few of these were suitable for conversion so a new gun was ordered to share the same carriage that would be used for the 5.5 inch gun. Production did not start until 1940, but the gun served throughout the war. Post war, the gun was relegated to training purposes and finally declared obsolete in 1959. A 60-pounder at full recoil. ...


Variants

Mark 1

The 60 pounder conversions. Obsolete in 1944


Mark II

Model in use in WW2

  • Gun
    • Calibre: 114 mm
    • Length: 41 calibres (4.6 m)
    • Weight: 1.93 t
    • Muzzle velocity: 686 m/s
  • Crew: 9 men
  • Shell Weight: 25 kg
  • Range: 18 km

See also

British Commonwealth artillery of World War II
Tank & anti-tank guns
QF 2 pdr | QF 6 pdr | OQF 75 mm (tank only) | QF 17 pdr | 77 mm HV (tank only)
Field, Medium and Heavy Guns
18-pounder Gun | 3.7 inch Howitzer | 4.5 inch Howitzer | 25 pdr Gun-Howitzer | Australian 25 pdr Short
60 pounder Gun| 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun| 5.5 inch Medium Gun
6 inch Howtizer | 7.2 inch Howitzer | 8 inch Howitzer


 

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