File:12inchMkIXGunArmstrongMkIIRailwayMounting1916.jpg

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Photograph of British 12 inch Mk IX Gun on Armstrong Mk II railway mounting. AWM text reads : "Meaulte, France. c. 1916. A British Army railway mounted 12 inch naval gun being cleaned." Comment : The location of the recoil buffers below the barrel and the pattern of the bogies with the frames outside the wheels identifies it as the Armstrong Mk II mounting. See Image:12inchRailwayGunColouredPostcardDailyMail.jpg for colourised propaganda postcard version.

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Photograph of British 12 inch Mk IX Gun on Armstrong Mk II railway mounting.
AWM text reads : "Meaulte, France. c. 1916. A British Army railway mounted 12 inch naval gun being cleaned."
Comment : The location of the recoil buffers below the barrel and the pattern of the bogies with the frames outside the wheels identifies it as the Armstrong Mk II mounting.

See Image:12inchRailwayGunColouredPostcardDailyMail.jpg for colourised propaganda postcard version.

Date

circa 1916

Source

This image is available from the Collection Database of the Australian War Memorial under the ID Number:

H08414

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Donor British Official Photograph C462

Author

British Government

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current	21:27, 8 November 2020	446 × 310 (117 KB)	The RedBurn	Color balance
	04:07, 25 October 2007	446 × 310 (94 KB)	Rcbutcher
	04:05, 25 October 2007	449 × 313 (95 KB)	Rcbutcher
	14:40, 24 October 2007	450 × 338 (98 KB)	Rcbutcher
	14:02, 5 October 2007	600 × 312 (121 KB)	Rcbutcher	{{Information \|Description=Photograph of British 12 inch Mk IX Gun on Armstrong Mk II railway mounting. \|Source= \|Date=1916 \|Author=British Government \|Permission= \|other_versions= }} == Licensing == {{PD-BritishGov}} {{PD-US}} [[Category:BL 12 inch Rail