NLS caption : "British gun going to its position, Ypres, Belgium. This shows a heavy artillery gun being transported along a road towards the Front. The gun, strapped to an eight-wheeled carriage, is being hauled by a tractor with massive tracked back wheels. Heavy artillery guns were difficult and slow to move, so they needed to be manoeuvred into position well before a new offensive. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. THE BATTLE OF FLANDERS. A big British gun going to its position.']".<br><p>Copmment : The gun appears to be a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_7.5_inch_Mk_II_-_V_naval_gun" class="extiw" title="en:BL 7.5 inch Mk II - V naval gun">BL 7.5 inch Mk III naval gun</a> from the decommissioned battleship <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(1903)" class="extiw" title="en:HMS Swiftsure (1903)">HMS Swiftsure (1903)</a>, being moved into position along the coast in Flanders, 1917.<br></p>
It is being towed by a 105 horsepower Daimler-Foster tractor, and is on an 8-wheeled truck designed by Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon for moving 12 inch naval gun carriages, and built by Foster's.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ernest_Brooks_(photographer)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ernest Brooks (photographer)"><span title="British photographer">Ernest Brooks</span></a>
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