The 21 cm Mörser 18 was a World War II 211mm (8.3in) howitzer designed and built by Krupp and used by the Wehrmacht. Fielded in 1939, it was used in the major German military campaigns of the war, like the Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa and North Africa. With a barrel length of 21ft 4in [...]

The most intensively and extensively used weapon in World War I was artillery. With more than 15,000 cannons of all sorts deployed on every battlefield, they outnumbered by far the number of artillery pieces fielded in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam put together. This was so, since aviation was still in its infancy and [...]

The 13.5 cm FK 1909 was a 135mm-caliber, wheeled field gun manufactured by Krupp and used by the German Imperial Army during World War I, entering service in 1909. With a 10 ft (3.96 m) long barrel, the 13.5 cm FK (Feld Kanone) had a maximum range of 16.5 km and fired 31.7 kg shells. [...]

The 4.7 inch gun M1906 was an American 120mm field cannon used in World War I. Designed in 1906, it first saw combat action at the end of 1917, when the United States entered the war, arriving with the American Expeditionary Force. It had a 3.3 m (129.22inches) long rifled barrel mounted on a two-wheeled [...]

The BL 9.2-inch howitzer was a World War I heavy artillery piece designed and manufactured by the Royal Gun Factory and Bethlehem Steel Co. Entering service with the British Army in October 1914, it was fielded in the major battles of the war, such as the battles at Ypres and the Somme. The caliber of [...]

The BL 8-inch howitzer was a 203mm-caliber field artillery piece that entered service with the British Army in 1915 and was used in the major battles of World War I. It was mounted on a two-wheel carriage, had a total weight of 8.7 tons, and a maximum range of 9.6 km (10,500 yd), with a [...]