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World War 1, Europe Turkey Gallipoli, 1915

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1915

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The Indian Mountain Battery on Gallipoli with 10 Pounder mountain gun. On 25 April 1915 a 10 Pounder Mountain gun of the 7th Indian Mountain Artillery Brigade (21st Kohat battery, 26th Jacob’s Battery) was used to support the Australian and New Zealand troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The guns of this brigade went on to become a well-known and liked support element to the combined Australian, New Zealand, Indian and UK forces serving on the Gallipoli beachhead in 1915.

Historical information

The 10 pounder mountain gun weapon system is fitted with two part rifled barrel that screwed together for use in mountainous regions. It was designed to be carried by pack animals. It could be dismantled into 4 loads of approximately 90.7 kg for mule transport. The carriage was a conventional box type iron trail. The gun fired a 4.7 kg projectile up to 5,480 metres at 393 m/s. The ammunition used included solid, shrapnel or case shot. The total weight of the weapon complete was 396 kg. The calibre of the weapon is 2.75 inch/70mm (10 pounds) with a barrel length of 28 calibres.

The 10 pounder Screw Breech Mountain Gun was introduced into British Indian Army service in 1903 and it went on to serve during World War 1 during campaigns in Africa, the Middle East as well as the in Dardanelles.

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cwa-org-32-P1998.193.1d

Item type

Photographs

Themes

War and Conflict
War and Conflict > World War 1

Year

1915

Australian Army Museum of Western Australia

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