Gun Carrier Mark I
Fortyeight Gun Carriers were built (two similar machines were completed as Salvage Tanks), the majority of them by Kitson Co at Leeds, by July 1917. In France, they were used far less for carrying artillery than ammunition. The vehicle was designed so that the 60pdr. gun or the 6in, howitzer could be fired from it, although from a practical point of view only the 6in. howitzer could be used in this way: These weapons were employed in this fashion at night on a few occasions and achieved some tactical suc
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