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English: Photograph of British Vickers 8 inch Howitzer about to be loaded, Western Front, 1917.
4 men have brought the shell up to the breech in a shell carrying cradle.
The gun is mounted on the Vickers firing platform, with the traversing rail visible benetah the end of the trail.
Date
Source "The Times History of the War" Volume XVII, page 87, published 1918.
Author British Government

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current22:04, 9 March 2008Thumbnail for version as of 22:04, 9 March 2008600 × 393 (107 KB)Ian Dunster~commonswikiSet levels.
06:15, 16 September 2007Thumbnail for version as of 06:15, 16 September 2007600 × 393 (117 KB)Rcbutcher{{Information |Description={{EN|Photograph of British Vickers 8 inch Howitzer being loaded, Western Front, 1917.}} |Source="The Times History of the War" Volume XVII, page 87, published 1918. |Date=1917 |Author=British

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