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BL 18-inch railway howitzer
The BL 18-inch railway howitzer (formally Ordnance BL 18-inch Mk I howitzer on truck, railway) was a British railway gun developed during World War I. Part of the progression of ever-larger howitzers on the Western Front, it did not enter service until 1920.
| Type | Railway howitzer |
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| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1920–1945 |
| Used by | United Kingdom |
| Wars | World War II |
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| Manufacturer | Elswick Ordnance Company |
| No. built | 5 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 85.7 tons (barrel & breech) |
| Barrel length | Bore: 52 ft (16 m) (34.7 calibres) |
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| Shell | HE; 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) |
| Calibre | 18-inch (457.2 mm) |
| Elevation | 0° – 40° |
| Traverse | 2° L & R |
| Muzzle velocity | 1,880 ft/s (570 m/s) |
| Effective firing range | 22,300 yd (20,400 m) |
Five guns and two complete equipments on railway wagons were produced. After World War I there was no use for such large but relatively short-ranged weapons and they were placed in storage. In World War II the two wagons were used to mount 13.5-inch guns, which were capable of engaging targets on the German-occupied Channel coast of France. In late 1940 one 18-inch howitzer was mounted on the railway mounting nicknamed „Boche Buster“ which had been used in World War I to carry a 14-inch gun. It was deployed at Bishopsbourne in Kent on the Elham to Canterbury Line as a coast defence gun as a precaution against possible German invasion. The gun’s range was insufficient for cross-Channel firing and hence it was never fired in action.
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