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The gun's original design and supply to
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Hall quotes 7000 yds maximum with percussion fuze and 6600 yds with time fuze, apparently referring to Boer War use. Hogg & Thurston quote 6,400 yd (5,900 m) for World War I. As the
British initially used German ammunition and later their own, performance may have differed with
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Britain traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the maximum weight of the gun's projectile. This gun was assessed as capable of firing a projectile with a maximum weight of 15 pounds (6.8 kg), although in fact its projectiles in use weighed 14 pounds (6.4 kg).
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54,000 complete rounds (i.e. shell, fuze, cartridge) of German design and manufacture were originally supplied with the guns. These were replaced by
British manufactures when used up. The following diagrams show British-made ammunition available in
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standards, while it developed its own alternative. This was precipitated by the experience of the
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The gun was used by Royal Horse
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Handbook for the 15-pr. Q.F. Gun : Movable
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A QF 15-pounder of B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company, at Sheik Othman, Aden.
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753:(5), The South African Military History Society
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149:Barrel & breech 737 lb (334 kg);
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915:MAN LX and FX ranges of tactical trucks
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513:No. 65A Fuze (1 inch G.S. gauge)
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310:, where its standard field gun, the
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227:, constant, 48 in (1.2 m)
151:Total 2,272 lb (1,031 kg)
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920:RMMV HX range of tactical trucks
648:Hogg & Thurston 1972, p. 72
620:Hogg & Thurston 1972, p. 73
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1624:BL 9.2-inch Mk IX – X naval gun
1382:BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII
1614:QF 4-inch naval gun Mk I – III
298:, commonly referred to as the
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278:1,674 ft/s (510 m/s)
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777:via State Library of Victoria
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1398:BL 7.5-inch Mk III naval gun
1121:38 cm schwerer Ladungswerfer
874:Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land
346:became available from 1904.
36:Ordnance QF 15-pounder Mk I
1657:BL 12-inch railway howitzer
1377:BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I – V
955:Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm
741:Hall, Major D (June 1973),
590:key to the water supply to
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1619:BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun
1513:Smoke and chemical weapons
1446:BL 10-pounder mountain gun
1408:BL 9.2-inch Mk X naval gun
296:Ordnance QF 15-pounder gun
194:, 14 lb (6.4 kg)
1456:QF 2.95-inch mountain gun
1451:BL 2.75-inch mountain gun
1441:RML 2.5-inch mountain gun
1418:BL 12-inch Mk X naval gun
1372:BL 6-inch 30 cwt howitzer
1367:BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer
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925:MANTIS Air Defence System
764:. London: Ian Allan, 1972
334:It replaced the obsolete
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670:Farndale 1988, pp. 61–67
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1081:8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41
859:Rheinmetall Air Defence
508:(1 inch G.S. fuze)
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1662:BL 14-inch railway gun
1652:BL 12-inch railway gun
1504:9.45-inch Heavy Mortar
1222:QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss
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1519:4-inch Stokes Mortar
1499:Newton 6-inch mortar
1494:2-inch medium mortar
1484:3-inch Stokes mortar
1403:BL 9.2-inch howitzer
1362:BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX
1357:BL 6-inch gun Mk VII
1352:BLC 6-inch siege gun
1342:BL 5.4-inch howitzer
1313:QF 4.5-inch howitzer
1308:BL 4-inch gun Mk VII
1303:QF 4-inch gun Mk III
1273:QF 12-pounder 18 cwt
1217:QF 3-pounder Vickers
1111:15 cm Nebelwerfer 41
1091:10 cm Nebelwerfer 40
1086:10 cm Nebelwerfer 35
1000:Rheinmetall RMG 7.62
657:Becke, A.F. (1945).
528:high-explosive shell
274:Muzzle velocity
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1571:QF 13-pounder Mk IV
1566:QF 13-pounder 6 cwt
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1413:BL 12-inch howitzer
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1263:BL 12-pounder 6 cwt
1146:Solothurn S-18/1000
945:Rheinmetall Seahawk
864:Rheinmetall Algeria
728:Sir Martin Farndale
688:Clarke 2004, p. 23
394:against the Senussi
188:Separate loading QF
1538:Anti-aircraft guns
1433:Mountain artillery
1337:BL 5-inch howitzer
1227:QF 6-pounder 6 cwt
995:Rheinmetall RMG.50
990:Rheinmetall Rh 202
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