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Ordnance, Quick Firing, 18 pdr field gun Mk I, 1906

gun, field, quick-firing, 18 pdr Mk 1, gun, field

Accession Number

NAM.1998-09-17-1

Description

Ordnance, Quick Firing, 18 pdr field gun Mk I, 1906. Introduced in 1904 as a result of deliberations by the Royal Artillery following the Boer War the 18 pounder was a heavier version of the 13 pdr Horse Artillery weapon. Over 1,000 had been made by the start of World War One where it was seen as the most effective light field gun. Over 8,000 were manufactured during World War One and between them fired 100 million shells. It fired a shrapnel shell to a maximum range of 6500 yards and was served by a detachment of 10 men.

Campaigns

World War One (1914-1918)

Units

Royal Artillery

Dimensions

Text: 1,270 kg Width: 1971 mm Length: 4245 mm Text: 1483 mm Text: 18 pdr Text: 3.3 in

Inscriptions

On metal plaque on the left side of the carriage: ‘18PR QFMR 1.1 / V.S.M.1915 / REG No C33442’. Stamped on the breach: ‘9-0-0 / Q.F.18 PR MKI / V.S.M. 1906 / No L-542’ Stamped on breach door: ‘Q.F.13-18.P / W.B-& Co.1916’. Stamped on metal barrel : upside down ‘4’. On metal plaque above the breach: ‘INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING. / PLACE GUN AT EXTREME DEPRESSION, / REMOVE FILLING PLUG, UNSCREW CONTROL / PLUNGER TWO TURNS, FILL THROUGH / HOLE UNTIL BUFFER IS FULL, REPLACE / PLUG, TIGHTEN CONTROL PLUNGER. / ABOUT 3 - 5 PINTS OF BUFFER OIL TO FILL’. On controlling plunger of hydraulic buffer and spring case: ‘18PDR MARK II’; ‘EO[C] 1917’ ; ‘39244’

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