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| aa. | Weapon | BL 140mm G-2 Medium Gun |
| ab | Description | |
| ac. | Type | Towed Field Artillery |
| ad. | Calibre | 140 mm (5.5 in) |
| ae. | Overall Length | 8.22 m (26.97 ft) |
| af. | Overall Width | 2.16 m (7.09 ft) |
| ag. | OverallHeight | 1.42 m (4.66 ft) |
| ah. | Crew | 9 |
| ai. | Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
| aj. | Ammunition | HE: 37.2kg (82 lb) shell
Smoke: 45.36 kg (100 lb) shell White Phospherous (WP) |
| ak. | Effective Range (HE) | Charge Propellant Charge 2:
Charge 1: 2 285 m - 6 950 m
Charge 2: 3 200 m - 10 150 m
Charge Propellant Charge 3:
Charge 3: 4 100 m - 12 600 m
Charge 4: 5 030 m - 15 360 m
Charge Propellant Charge Super.
5 485 m - 16 550 m (18 100 yards)
with Base Bleed: 21 000 m (22 966 yards) |
| al. | Muzzle Velocity (HE) | 590 m/s (1,950 ft/s) |
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| ba. | Feed Mechanism | Back-Loading (BL) |
| bb | Traverse | 30° left and right of central line |
| bc. | Elevation | -5° to +45° |
| bd. | Rate of Fire | 1-3 rpm |
| be. | Sights | Dial sight and range scale plate; Probert pattern reciprocating and calibrating; |
| bf. | Muzzle Energy | |
| bg. | Barrel Length | 4.358 m (14.3 ft) - 31 cals |
| bh. | Weight of Barrel | |
| bi. | Rifling | |
| bj. | Operation | Manual |
| bk. | Recoil | Hydro-pneumatic |
| bl. | Firing Support Base | |
| bm. | Breech | Welin breech and Asbury mechanism |
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| bn. | Type of Breech Block | |
| bo | Weight of Breech Mechanism | |
| bp. | Trails | |
| bq. | Suspension System | |
| br. | Type of Firing Mechanism | |
| bs. | Carriage | Split trail |
| bt. | Mobility | Drawn by a 10 ton gun tractor (Magirus-Deutz or Samil-100) |
| bu. | Wheels | 2 x 13.5 x 20 inch tyres at 320 Kpa |
| bv. | Ground Clearance | 3495 mm (137.6 in) |
| bw. | Axles | |
| bx. | Brakes | |
| by. | Wheel Span | 2.16 m (7.09 ft) |
| bz. | Lubricants | Gun. Grease Molykote BR 2, Chassis Grease Snell Alvania and SAE 30 oil
Recoil System. Compressed air and Aeroshell Fluid 1. |
| ca. | Propellant | Separately loaded bagged charges |
| cb. | Detonation Mechanism | |
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| cj. | Designer | |
| ck | Designed | |
| cl. | Manufacturer | |
| cm. | Produced | |
| cn. | Variants | |
| co. | In Service | 1941-1945 |
| cp. | Proliferation | |
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