The Probert Encyclopaedia of Warfare

BL 60PDR

The BL 60pdr was a British artillery gun developed following the Boer War and which remained in service until the Second World War. The BL 60pdr was a 5 inch calibre weapon which fired a 60 lb shrapnel shell to a range of 12300 yards at a muzzle velocity of 634 meters-per-second.
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