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Original – A British 60 pounder Mk I battery in action on a cliff top at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, possibly in June 1915. The unit might be the 90th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, located forward of Hill 114.
Reason
Outstanding picture quality for the time (1915), you can even see the nickname given to the cannon clearly on the barrel with zoom.
Articles in which this image appears
BL 60-pounder gun, Artillery
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Weaponry
Creator
Ernest Brooks

Promoted File:60 pounder Cape Helles June 1915.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]