ORIGINAL WWI BRITISH ARTILLERY MANUAL/HANDBOOK: 4.5\" Q.F. HOWITZER & AMMUNITION

ORIGINAL WWI BRITISH ARTILLERY MANUAL/HANDBOOK: 4.5\

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ORIGINAL WWI BRITISH ARTILLERY MANUAL/HANDBOOK: 4.5\" Q.F. HOWITZER & AMMUNITION:
$92.01

  • Original WWI British Artillery Training Manual for the 4.5\" Howitzer: \"HANDBOOK OF THE 4.5-IN. Q.F. HOWITZER. LAND SERVICE. 1915.\"
  • The War Office, October 1916.
  • Page size: Approx. 24 x 15 cm (9.5 x 6\").
  • English language.
  • \"NOTE. This book is corrected up to September, 1915. Any alterations which may be suggested should be forwarded direct to the Chief Inspector, Royal Arsenal Woolwich.\"
  • 56 pages plus 28 plates, covering: Howitzer (Description; Breech mechanism; Breech closing mechanism; Firing mechanism; Instructions for removing and replacing breech fittings); Carriage (Description; Trail; Saddle; Cradle; Hydraulic buffer and running out springs; Elevating gear; Cradle locking gear; Cradle clamping gear; Traversing gear; Brake gear; Shield; Axletree and wheels); Sighting (Sight, bar; Sight, dial, No. 7; Case, No. 7 dial sight, No. 1; Carrier, No. 7 dial sight, No. 1; Sight, dial, No. 1, with adapter; Instructions for testing and adjusting sights); Limbers and Wagons (Limber, carriage; Limber, wagon; Wagon, ammunition); Wagon, telephone; Wagon, G.S.; Ammunition (Table of; Cartridges; Primer; Shell, Q.F. High Explosive; Shell, Shrapnel; Fuze, percussion, D.A., No. 17; Fuze, percussion, D.A., No. 44; Fuze graze, No. 100; Gaine, No. 1, Mark I; Fuze, T and P, No. 82; Fuze, T and P, No. 86; Fuze, drill); Miscellaneous stores; Rule, range; Indicator, Fuze; Care and preservation; List of lubricating holes; Dimensions, weights, &c.; Lists of stores; Packing diagrams; Plates.
  • Great detail and illustrations of the British 4.5-inch howitzer and its ammunition.
  • Please see the photos for a detailed list of contents and sample pages.
  • The following is copied from the internet:
  • TheOrdnance QF 4.5-inch howitzerwas the standard British Empire field (or ‘light’) howitzer of theFirst World Warera. It replaced theBL 5-inch howitzerand equipped some 25% of the field artillery. It entered service in 1910 and remained in service through the interwar period and was last used in the field by British forces in early 1942. It was generally horse drawn until mechanisation in the 1930s.
    The QF 4.5-inch howitzer was used by British and Commonwealth forces in most theatres, by Russia and by British troops in Russia in 1919.Its calibre (114mm) and hence shell weight were greater than those of the equivalent German field howitzer (105mm); France did not have an equivalent. In the Second World War it equipped some units of theBEFand British, Australian, New Zealand and South African batteries in East Africa and the Middle and Far East.
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ORIGINAL WWI BRITISH ARTILLERY MANUAL/HANDBOOK: 4.5\" Q.F. HOWITZER & AMMUNITION:
$92.01

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