Image of 18-pounder in action at Authuille on the Somme, September 1916 by Unknown photographer, (20th century)

18-pounder in action at Authuille on the Somme, September 1916 (lantern slide)

IMAGE number: NAM5925449
Image title: 18-pounder in action at Authuille on the Somme, September 1916 (lantern slide)
Artist: Unknown photographer, (20th century)
Location: National Army Museum, London
Medium: photograph
Date: 1914 AD (C20th AD)

Image description: 18-pounder in action at Authuille on the Somme, September 1916. Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916. During the Battle of the Somme (1916) the British fired over 15 million shells. Of those, some 10 million were fired by 18-pounders. With a crew of ten men, it could fire 18-pound shrapnel, high explosive or smoke shells up to six kilometres (over 6,500 yards). From a box of 50 lantern slides.
Photo credit: © National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 18 pdr gun / artillery / black and white / photograph / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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