60-pounder
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A 60-pounder at full recoil. In action at Cape Helles during the Battle of Gallipoli, June 1915.
The British 60-pounder was a medium 5 inch (127 mm) artillery gun designed in 1904. The 60-pounder was the mainstay of British medium artillery during the First World War, being operated by batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery and used mainly for counter-battery fire. It could fire a 60 lb (27.3 kg) shell 10,300 yards (9.4 km). Weighing 4.4 tonnes, the 60-pounder required a team of 12 horses to move it. Later modifications added another tonne to the gun's weight such that it could only be towed by a caterpillar tractor.
The 60-pounder remained in use by the British Army until 1944.
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See also
| British and Commonwealth artillery of World War II |
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| Tank & anti-tank guns |
| QF 2 pdr | QF 6 pdr | OQF 75 mm (tank only) | QF 17 pdr | 77 mm HV (tank only) |
| Field, Medium and Heavy Guns |
| 18-pounder Gun | 3.7 inch Howitzer | 4.5 inch Howitzer | 25 pdr Gun-Howitzer | Australian 25 pdr Short |
| 60 pounder Gun| 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun| 5.5 inch Medium Gun 6 inch Howtizer | 7.2 inch Howitzer | 8 inch Howitzer |
