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    BL 15-inch howitzer (category Coventry Ordnance Works)
    Ordnance BL 15-inch howitzer was developed by the Coventry Ordnance Works late in 1914 in response to the success of its design of the 9.2-inch siege...
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  • respectively. Although oxen were used to haul the heavier field and siege ordnance, some on wagons rather than limbers, they were too slow to keep up with...
    13 KB (1,765 words) - 15:43, 6 September 2024
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    BL 12-inch railway howitzer (category Elswick Ordnance Company)
    The British Ordnance BL 12 inch howitzer on truck, railway, a type of railway gun, was developed following the success of the 9.2-inch siege howitzer. It...
    6 KB (406 words) - 15:43, 28 June 2024
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    Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO) and unexploded bombs (UXBs) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines...
    136 KB (15,002 words) - 01:48, 4 December 2024
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    BL 12-inch howitzer (category Siege artillery)
    The Ordnance BL 12-inch howitzer was a scaled-up version of the successful BL 9.2-inch siege howitzer. Following the success of their BL 9.2-inch howitzer...
    5 KB (360 words) - 15:29, 28 June 2024
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    the middle of the 15th century, when the production of this type of siege ordnance reached its apogee in Europe. Blackmore 1987, pp. 87f. Blackmore 1987...
    7 KB (579 words) - 22:31, 27 November 2023
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    BL 9.2-inch howitzer (category Siege artillery)
    The Ordnance BL 9.2-inch howitzer was a heavy siege howitzer that formed the principal counter-battery equipment of British forces in France in World...
    25 KB (2,826 words) - 00:54, 18 July 2024
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    Heavy Siege Mortar". MilitaryFactory. Retrieved 22 February 2013. "Little David". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 14 February 2012. "Army Ordnance Museum"...
    8 KB (589 words) - 04:48, 13 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli
    Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli (OFT), also called Ordnance Factory Trichy, is a small arms factory operated by Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited...
    20 KB (1,666 words) - 19:54, 15 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Siege of Sarajevo
    surrounding Sarajevo. Artillery, together with other ordnance and equipment that would prove key in the coming siege of the city, was deployed at this time. In...
    92 KB (9,462 words) - 07:18, 24 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Al-Shifa Hospital siege
    Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in Gaza, was placed under siege by Israel in mid-November 2023 during the Israel–Hamas war, after saying...
    185 KB (17,072 words) - 00:12, 29 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for QF 18-pounder gun
    The Ordnance QF 18-pounder, or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era. It formed the backbone of the...
    71 KB (9,347 words) - 19:55, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Coventry Ordnance Works
    service in 1910, Coventry Ordnance Works Biplane a 1912 military aircraft the 5.5 inch Naval gun 1913, and the 15 inch siege howitzer completed 1914 for...
    11 KB (1,485 words) - 11:48, 20 July 2024
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    The siege of Marawi (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Marawi), also known as the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi) and the Battle of Marawi (Labanan sa Marawi),...
    196 KB (16,053 words) - 10:42, 1 December 2024
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    Merbury was present at the Siege of Harfleur and (albeit without his guns) at the Battle of Agincourt. By 1450 Master of Ordnance was a permanent appointment...
    66 KB (8,279 words) - 15:18, 6 November 2024
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    The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory in the American Revolutionary War, fought in the environs of Charles Town (today...
    29 KB (1,761 words) - 21:52, 8 November 2024
  • manufactured based on the same principles as the land based artillery ordnance, but differ significantly in system design and use. Never referred to as...
    13 KB (1,276 words) - 18:21, 8 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)
    The siege of Sevastopol, also known as the defence of Sevastopol (Russian: Оборона Севастополя, romanized: Oborona Sevastopolya) or the Battle of Sevastopol...
    70 KB (9,128 words) - 13:46, 24 November 2024
  • This article explains terms used for the British Armed Forces' ordnance (weapons) and ammunition. The terms may have different meanings depending on its...
    65 KB (9,409 words) - 17:29, 1 November 2024
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    The siege of Tsingtao (German: Belagerung von Tsingtau; Japanese: 青島の戦い; simplified Chinese: 青岛战役; traditional Chinese: 青島戰役) was the attack on the German...
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