The basic vehicle was used as an artillery tractor for heavier pieces such as the 7.2 inch howitzer.
The battery was equipped first with four 8 inch howitzers and then 6 from July 1917.
The British concentrated 231 pieces of artillery, including heavy 8 inch howitzers.
A thirty-five pound shell from a 4.5 inch howitzer only contains four pounds ten ounces of explosive.
A project for a 3.75 inch (95 mm) howitzer was started in 1942.
The division had the nominal support of one hundred and forty-four 18-pounder field guns and forty-eight 4.5 inch howitzers.
The W9 was an American nuclear artillery shell fired from a special 11 inch howitzer.
There was a 3 inch howitzer in the hull (58 rounds).
The breech mechanism is similar to that used on the 8 inch howitzers both in design and operation".
The W19 is fired from a special 11 inch howitzer.