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English: HM Gun Scene Shifter, a 14 inch railway gun, at Camiers, 8 km NW of Étaples, France, 1918.


Note breech opening to left side, unusual for British army guns. This was originally intended to be the left-side gun in a twin turret for the Japanese battleship Yamashiro.

The dazzle camouflage pattern is clearly seen. Colours were probably brown, green and cream.
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Imperial War Museum photo archive.


This version scanned from "British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918" by I.V. Hogg & L.F. Thurston, published by Ian Allan, London, 1972.
Author British Government
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(Reusing this file)		 Crown Copyright expired (50 years). Publisher copyright expired (25 years)


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