The Ordnance BL 6 inch 30cwt howitzer was a British medium howitzer used in the Second Boer War and early in World War I. The qualifier 30cwt refers to the weight of the barrel and breech together which weighed 30 hundredweight (cwt) : 30 x 112 lb = 3360 lb. It can be identified by the slightly flared shape of the muzzle and large recuperator springs below the barrel.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
type
Howitzer
used in war
Greco-Turkish War (1919–22), Second Boer War, World War I
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