6 Inch 26 CWT MK1 Howitzer UK
The BL 6 inch 26 cwt (hundredweight) Howitzer was introduced in 1915 to replace obsolete medium howitzers in the British Army during the First World War. This gun was the first to use the ‘Asbury’ breech mechanism that required only a single motion to open the breech, significantly increasing the rate of fire. By the …