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(Coastal Defence Originating Concept)

1870: 40.6 cm RML 16 inch 81 Ton Mk I 'Woolwich Gun'

1884: 40 Pound Armstrong BL Gun on a Brighton 20 Ton Wagon

1887: 45.0 cm RML 17.72 inch 111 Ton Mk I 'William Armstrong' Elswick Gun


( Anglo-Egyptian War)

1882: Cannon on Flat


(Boor War)

1899 - 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun


(World War I)

 11.9 cm  BL 4.7 inch Railway Gun

 15.2 cm  BL 6 inch Railway Gun

 20.3 cm  BL 8 inch Railway Gun Mk VI on Well-Based Trucks

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun (Typical Notes)

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun (Unknown Mk)

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk I on Mk I well-based railway truck

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk II on Mk Ia Truck

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk II on Mk II Truck

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk III on Mk I well-based railway truck

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk IV

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk VI on Mk I well-based railway truck

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk X

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk X on Mk III Carriage, MkII 'straight-back' Truck

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk XIII (Unknown Mount)

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk XIII on Mk II 'straight-back' Truck

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk XIII on Mk IV Top Carriage Mk II 'straight-back' Truck

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk XIV on Mk III Trucks

 22.3 cm  BL 9.2 inch Railway Gun Mk XT On Well-Based Trucks

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch gun (Unknown Mk)

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch gun Mk II (Armstrong Whitworth)

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch gun Mk IX

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch gun Mk IX on Mk I Trucks

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch howitzer Mk I on Mk I Trucks

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch howitzer Mk I, III, V

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch howitzer Mk III on Mk II Well-Based Trucks

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch howitzer Mk IX on Mk II Trucks

 30.5 cm BL 12-inch howitzer Mk V on Mk III Well-Based Trucks

 35.6 cm BL 14-inch Mk III (Scene Shifter, Boche Buster)


 BL Series Support Rolling Stock


 Narrow Gauge Railguns


(World War II)

34.3 cm BL 13.5-inch Mk V (Gladiator, Piece Maker, Scene Shifter)

45.7 cm BL 18-inch railway howitzer

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RML = Rifled Muzzle Loading Gun

BL  = Breach Loading Gun

QF = Quick Firing Gun