BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun

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BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun
A British 4.5 inch gun in Normandy, 1944.
Type	Medium field gun
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Specifications
Weight	5.8 t
Barrel length	41 calibres (4.69 m)
Crew	9
Calibre	4.5 inch (114 mm)
Muzzle velocity	2,250 ft/s (690 m/s)
Maximum range	18 km

The BL 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun was a British field gun introduced at the start of the Second World War.

Contents 1 History 2 Variants 3 Notes 4 External links

[edit] History

Initially a supply of modern 4.5 inch guns was to be made by converting existing 60-pounders. Few of these were suitable for conversion so a new gun was ordered to share the same carriage that would be used for the 5.5 inch gun. Production did not start until 1940, but the gun served throughout the war. Post war, the gun was relegated to training purposes and finally declared obsolete in 1959.

[edit] Variants

• Mark 1

The 60 pounder conversions. Obsolete in 1944.

• Mark II

Model in use in WW2.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Specifications sheet

British and Commonwealth artillery of World War II

Tank & anti-tank guns QF 2 pounder | QF 6 pounder | OQF 75 mm (tank only) | QF 17 pounder | 77 mm HV (tank only) Field, Medium and Heavy guns QF 18 pounder | 3.7 inch Mountain Howitzer | QF 4.5 inch Howitzer | 25 pounder Gun-Howitzer Australian 25 pounder Short | BL 60 pounder gun | 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun 5.5 inch Medium Gun | 6 inch Howitzer | 7.2 inch Howitzer | 8 inch Howitzer | 9.2 inch gun Mountain guns 3.7 inch Mountain Howitzer Anti-aircraft guns 20 mm Oerlikon | 20 mm Polsten | 40 mm Bofors | QF 3 inch | QF 3.7 inch