File:RBL12pdr8cwtBoerWar.jpg

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Photograph of British RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt field gun, Second Boer War, South Africa.


Major Hall's caption : "Armstrong 12 pr 8 cwt RBL - This shows the lever for tightening the breech screw, which is hollow to allow for loading from the rear. The carriage is wooden."
Date circa. 1899-1901
Source Major Darrell D. Hall, "Field Artillery of the British Army 1860-1960. Part I, 1860 - 1900" in The South African Military History Society. Military History Journal - Vol 2 No 4, December 1972 (web page is incorrectly titled 1900-1914)
Author British government.
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