About: dbkwik:resource/uSWbTO-rYeqGtzcEhxtJow==

Property	Value
rdf:type	Weapon
rdfs:label	BL 5-inch howitzer
rdfs:comment	The Ordnance BL 5-inch howitzer was initially introduced to provide the Royal Field Artillery with continuing explosive shell capability following the decision to concentrate on shrapnel for field guns in the 1890s.
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breech	3
Range	;
is explosive	yes
part length	bore
Origin	United Kingdom
Service	1895
Name	Ordnance BL 5-inch howitzer
is artillery	yes
Type	Howitzer
Caption	Territorial Force gunners with howitzer in camp pre-WWI
Cartridge	Common shell; Lyddite shell; later Amatol shell
Wars	dbkwik:resource/vL4XaHwtxMATyOwWaBAr8A== World War I Second Boer War
Carriage	Wheeled, box trail
is UK	yes
Used by	British Empire
is ranged	yes
Recoil	, hydro-spring constant
Elevation	-5
abstract	The Ordnance BL 5-inch howitzer was initially introduced to provide the Royal Field Artillery with continuing explosive shell capability following the decision to concentrate on shrapnel for field guns in the 1890s.